Chapter 626: The Jizhou Mutiny

On the canopy.

On the wide parade ground, a group of soldiers in short-sleeved shirts gathered together and talked in unison:

"They were the ones who said that the first person to reach the land would be rewarded with 10,000 silver coins, and they were also the ones who said that the Japanese captives' heads would not be cut off."

"In the end, the credit went to the damn Beihu people! Did they manage to capture Mudan Peak or Lumen? It's all bullshit!"

"We won't talk about this in vain! At that time, they were surrounded from all sides, and it's unclear who climbed the mountain first! But! We must get back the reward money promised at the beginning!"

"That's right! Damn it! The salary calculation started in the first month of the twenty-first year, and by August this year, we already owe more than one hundred taels! You must give an explanation today!"

"That's right! We agreed on this before we set out... Hey! Look! Here they come!"

"Wait! Look! It's a cannon!"

From the gate of the parade ground, black cannons faced the soldiers.

And from behind the artillery, teams of cavalry rushed out!

……

[October 1595, the rd year of the Wanli reign ()]

[Jizhou mutiny, more than 1,300 "Southern soldiers" were killed. ]

[At the beginning, the imperial court promised that the "Southern Soldiers" would be recruited to fight abroad according to the standard. In addition to the normal salary, each Southern Soldier would receive "a monthly salary of 1 tael and 5 qian for food, 1 tael and 5 qian for food, salt and vegetables, 3 qian for clothing and shoes, and 3 qian for rewards, for a total of 3 taels and 6 qian"]

[At that time, the standard annual salary for soldiers in the northern border army was 18 taels of silver. However, due to the additional subsidies, the annual salary for soldiers in the southern border army reached 43 taels of silver.]

[Encouraged by such generous treatment, the "Southern Soldiers" fought very hard in Korea and performed very well.]

[However, in actual implementation, the army was seriously in arrears of wages, especially after the victory in Pyongyang, when the court awarded Yang Yuan's army the credit for the first victory, the troops were dissatisfied and began to slack off.]

[After the Battle of Pyeongyang, Li Rusong's troops were unwilling to fight again. Song Yingchang and Joseon could only rely more on the troops defending Hainan led by Wu Weizhong, the deputy general of Jizhen. The southern troops made greater contributions.]

[After the peace talks tomorrow, all the troops will change their positions and withdraw, and the southern troops will return to Jizhou.]

[After being away from home for a long time and with food and wages in arrears, the soldiers from the Southern Camp of the Ji Sanxie who returned demanded double pay, thus becoming restless.]

【General Wang Bao sent troops to attack and kill him. 】

[The Veritable Records of Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty contains a detailed record of this massacre.]

[The "Records" says that Wang Bao ordered the Qi family soldiers who were asking for wages to enter the martial arts arena unarmed and wait for punishment. "The southern soldiers obeyed the order" and thought that the court was going to give them an explanation. ]

[Who would have known, "As soon as they entered the training ground, Wang Bao led his troops to slaughter them indiscriminately, killing countless people."]

[Immediately afterwards, Wang Bao ordered his cavalry to divide the remaining Qi family troops into several small teams, calling out their names one by one, and "killing them immediately upon being called out". The martial arts arena was filled with heads rolling and blood flowing like a river.]

[According to the records in the History of Ming Dynasty, the number of people killed in this massacre was "hundreds".]

[According to the Complete Works of Mr. Sun Yuefeng and Records of the Suppression of the Rebellion in Luandong written by several parties involved, it is said that "more than 80 people were captured and executed", "more than 40 people were captured and executed", and "32 main culprits"]

["Records of the Two Dynasties' Peace" "1,300 guards were lured and killed"]

["Annals of King Seonjo of Joseon" "killed more than 3,300 people"]

[The specific real data is no longer available.]

[The only data that can be confirmed in various historical materials is that after the Jizhou mutiny, 2,000 "Southern Soldiers" were dismissed.]

[Afterwards, the censors either impeached or supported Wang Bao, and the latter gained the upper hand with the support of Shi Xing, the Minister of War.]

[Finally, the Ming Dynasty's Ministry of War issued an order to deal with the leaders of the southern soldiers' riots, and the rest of the troops were escorted back to their hometowns. Wang Bao and others were rewarded for their contributions in suppressing the rebellion.]

……

{Let's go ahead. The author is completely ignorant and even quoted second-hand historical materials such as "Records of the Peace between Two Dynasties".}
{These people are not Qi's army at all, they are soldiers recruited later.}
{The military pay is not for them, so why should they ask for it? This is mutiny and treason!}
{Ming powder, amazing!}
{The coastal defense troops who launched the Jizhou mutiny were the southern troops stationed in Jizhou. According to the record in "The History of Ming Dynasty: Biography of Wang Bao" that "the southern barracks of Jizhou Sanxie were recruited by Qi Jiguang", these coastal defense troops were actually Qi's army.}
{In the Second Battle of Pyongyang, Qi's army charged and fought hard all the way, and was the first to rush into Pyongyang City, making the first contribution. The Koreans saw with their own eyes in this battle that "the southern soldiers did not care about life and death, and kept moving forward"}
{Do you know what the most disgusting thing about you is?}
{You simply don't understand that most people don't care how many people were killed, what they care about is the nature of being killed for demanding pay!}
{Even if it is proven that the people killed were not from Qi's army, wouldn't this be a bad thing?}
{Is it natural that other troops were killed for demanding pay?}
{It's clearly written in black and white! As long as you go out to fight, you will get a certain amount of monthly salary!}

{You guys don't keep your word! Should I be hacked to death when I ask for money?! You guys have a brain puncture!}

{One more thing to mention: Wu Weizhong’s troops had 3,758 men when they went to aid Korea for the second time.}
{The reason for such detailed information is that there are cross-records to verify it, and because most of them were newly recruited soldiers... Why were they new soldiers? You have to ask Wang Bao and Sun Kuang about this.}
……

Big man.

Liu Bang, curled up on the couch, had a gloomy face.

"Whether it's a hundred people, several hundred people, 1,300 people, or more than 3,300 people."

"An undeniable fact is..."

"In the winter of the twenty-third year of the Wanli reign."

"In Shimenzhai, Jizhou Town, the Ming Dynasty carried out a bloody massacre against soldiers who were demanding their wages."

Lü Zhi raised a hint of sarcasm at the corner of her mouth, and whispered to Liu Bang:
"Now, do you think I'm cruel?"

Liu Bang shook his head.

"You have no womanly compassion."

Lu Zhi was stunned for a moment.

A woman's kindness...

Xiang Yu was too soft-hearted, and Han Xin was also too soft-hearted.

But she...is not a woman of mercy.

Lu Zhi suddenly realized.

"So it's not the Lu family you're afraid of."

"it's me!"

Who would believe this?

……

Datang.

"With just this one incident, half of the Ming Dynasty was destroyed."

Li Shimin directly issued a critical illness notice to the Ming Dynasty.

Li Chengqian was startled.

"Aye, why has it come to this?"

Li Shimin looked him up and down.

After seeing Li Chengqian's hair all over his body, he slowly said:

"Recruiting soldiers, where do they come from?"

Li Chengqian replied naturally:

"Of course, from the common people..."

Sometimes a leaf blocks your view of the mountain, but if you remove the leaf, things become very clear.

The southern soldiers came from the southern people.

But these "people" who came to ask for their wages were killed by the "government"!
Here comes an interesting question. You are a commoner in the south, and your neighbor's son enlists in the army, saying that he can take home more than 40 taels of silver every year.

I came back after two and a half years, and when I asked about the money, I found out.
Not sent.

What should I do?
The boss said to go to the training ground to pick it up tomorrow.

The next day, you see your neighbor happily preparing some food and wine to celebrate.

You think this is a good idea and plan to let your son go if it happens again in the future.

Two days later, your neighbor's son was chopped to death.

The reason was treason.

You watched your "son" being killed for treason, but your neighbors who were not implicated were crying and wailing.

You think there are too many tricks involved.

Then, the recruiters came again.

Do you still let your son go?
Can the government be trusted?
Li Shimin looked at his son who was deep in thought with admiration in his eyes.

Although sometimes too naive, but not stupid after all.

He continued to look at the sky.

The scale of the Jizhou mutiny was not large, but the problems behind it were very serious.

The military and political system of the Ming Dynasty was suffering serious damage, and the conflicts between the various armies had been thoroughly intensified.

Secondly, the conflicts between the various armies of the Ming Dynasty had been exploited for factional struggles.

Li Shimin's eyes were deep.

The emperor is about to become a hollow shell.

……

Ming dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang wished he could bite his teeth to pieces!

"What is Wanli doing!"

"What do you mean by meritorious service in suppressing a rebellion?"

"Not paying the soldiers! And killing the soldiers who were asking for their salaries! Is this what you call suppressing a rebellion?"

"You are undermining the foundation of the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang never cared about civil officials, but he cared about military generals.

Because he knows what is the most important thing in this world.

First, the people provide taxes.

The second is soldiers, who are responsible for attack and defense.

All civil and military affairs are derived from these two.

Just like building a house.

The red bricks and green tiles outside are indeed beautiful and can also block wind and rain.

But the most important thing about a house is not whether it looks good or whether it can shelter from wind and rain.

But will it collapse suddenly?

"Hehe...hehe..."

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly laughed.

A creepy smile.

"Civil, military, and military."

"When the people are abandoned, the Ming Dynasty will be completely finished."

Zhu Yuanzhang just felt tired.

So what if there are five access abilities?
The problems of the Ming Dynasty cannot be saved by an emperor...

Not an emperor...

Chewing on the few words that popped into my mind.

Zhu Yuanzhang began to look directly at his own actions.

“Institutional issues…”

“This is our problem.”

……

Qing Dynasty and Qianlong period
"The Ming Dynasty actually fell during the reign of Emperor Wanli."

Qianlong fanned himself and talked eloquently:

"To bear the disgrace of the country is to be called the master of the country! To bear the misfortune of the country is to be the king of the world!"

"The person who should be most responsible for a country is the emperor himself. It is because you are responsible for making decisions that affect the whole country that you are the emperor of this country. If the emperor does not act and take responsibility, who do you expect to take over your duties?"

"If we really want Shi Xing to take the responsibility, we can confer him a title, reopen the Grand Commandery, make him the commander of all military forces at home and abroad, grant him the same status as the three officials, allow him to enter the court without bowing, wear a sword and shoes when entering the palace, praise and bow without using his name, and grant him nine gifts."

"Then are you willing to give it to them?"

"The actual record is all Shi Xing's fault."

"You, Wanli, yourself don't believe that Wang Bao only killed 150 or 160 people."

"It's nothing more than hatred for the whole family!"

"If we really want to investigate, can Shi Xing protect Wang Bao?"

"Then Wang Xijue will withdraw anyway."

"It's still a good time."

Qianlong closed his fan and sighed:
"If this kind of strong army were put in a more chaotic period, they would have rebelled directly."

"Like those soldiers from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, if you don't give me the money, I'll ask for it myself!"

He Shen smiled and said:
"Your Majesty, that's why there are the military systems of the Song and Ming dynasties and the bad habit of using civil officials to control military officials."

"I was just frightened by those arrogant and powerful generals from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms."

Qianlong nodded in agreement.

"This is really tit-for-tat."

……

(End of this chapter)

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