Ping An Biography

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spn In the past few days, Zhang Ning, who was on the Eastern Front, received a secret report about the prince Zhu Wenkui, which was sent from Wuchang by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Before Zhu Wenkui asked for a batch of munitions and food, as well as more than a dozen weapon craftsmen, Yao Ji knew about this matter, of course he would not miss the opportunity, so he arranged a few details at the same time as sending the craftsmen; Arrange spies to follow Zhu Wenkui's people, hide activities nearby, look for opportunities to contact the spies among the craftsmen secretly, and send the information to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.So the Ministry of Internal Affairs knows almost everything about Zhu Wenkui.

Zhu Wenkui's preliminary preparations were relatively sound, and his first target was Anfu County, Ji'an Prefecture.At this time, it was already difficult for the Jiangxi chief secretary to contact the capital; moreover, Jiangxi and other provinces had always had more contacts with the six ministries of Nanjing, and now Nanjing is no longer owned by the imperial court.Therefore, the rule of Jiangxi's three divisions and various government officials is already very unstable, and the timing of raising troops is good.

Wen Kui gathered some "stall leaders" from all over the place, including those who ran smuggled sea trade, those who escorted smuggled salt with armed forces, those who organized merchant gangs to sell mountain goods, and even those who turned into bandits. The rest of the Jianwen Party has connections.These leaders also gathered their own servants, spent money to recruit soldiers and horses, and took in some refugees, beggars and homeless fugitives. After gathering one after another, there were as many as a thousand people at once.

Such a group of armed people, whistling in the mountains and forests, the local government has long been aware of it, but they can't do anything about it for a while. The number of fast-handed archers and patrols in the counties is far inferior to these "grass bandits", but the patrols on the road Avoid them.The Ji'an government office had no choice but to report to the third division of Shangfeng, and at the same time signaled to the military households in the government that they were going to quell the chaos.

Not long after, Zhu Wenkui got the munitions escorted from Changsha Mansion, and sent people to sneak into Anfu County to buy some ruffian green skins, and got a clear picture of the situation in the county.Yang Jing was named the "General Who Conquers the South" by the prince, and then he led the crowd to attack the city, and broke through Anfu County after paying a considerable price.Who is Yang Jing? He served as a captain of the city gate in Nanjing more than 20 years ago. Later, after the city of Nanjing was destroyed by blood and rain, he escaped disaster and fled to Jiangxi to hide. Now he is over [-] years old, but Wen Kui found out. [

The grassroots rule of the Ming Dynasty was really very fragile. Although there was Baojia Lizheng under the county government, the real management role was the local prestige of the elders and patriarchs, who were basically in a state of self-government; even the county government had few officials. The county magistrate is responsible for taxation, armed forces, security, justice, administration and other affairs. Sometimes a goose of a villager is stolen, and it will cause trouble in the county government.When Anfu County was attacked, the county government did not have an army at all, and there was no armor, which was a controlled item. It could only rely on the government servants who were serving and the temporary issuance of government tickets to sign the strong men from the village to garrison quickly, and there were also gentry organizations. The people went to the city.

However, as long as the county government in the inland is governed properly, there is generally no "disorder". If there is a rebellion, it is a big deal. There are soldiers.So Anfu County could not resist Wen Kui's thousands of armed forces without any suspense, and soon fell.

Anfu magistrate, county magistrate, Dian Shi and other officials had no choice but to face the reality after the city was destroyed, and gave away the county's tax booklets, warehouse keys, files, etc., begging for their lives.

But at this time, "General South Zheng" Yang Jing was furious, because his eldest son and third son were shot to death by bows and arrows during the attack on the city, and one of his nephew's legs was broken by a piece of wood thrown from the city.The white-haired man sent the black-haired man, Yang Jing was filled with grief and indignation, and ordered his subordinates to tie up all the officials and take them to the market to behead them to avenge their son.

Wen Kui also has a civil servant as the most important staff member. This person is Song He, who is in his fifties, but he is not an ordinary talent. Those who have passed the ranks have been in the officialdom for more than 20 years, and now they are at least the ministers who preside over the decision-making affairs of the empire at the ministerial level.But man's fate is determined, and now he can only serve as an aide in a group of rebels.

After Song He heard the news, he hurried to the execution ground in the market to stop the execution, and urged "General Yang" to postpone the execution, and then went to speak to the prince himself.Song He tried his best to persuade the prince not to kill these officials, otherwise it would be useless to occupy Fu'an County.

Wen Kui hesitated: "General Yang's two sons were killed by criminal officials. If he is not allowed to take revenge, the hearts of the soldiers may be chilled."

Song Hedao: "His Royal Highness can pursue the title of hero of the Yang family for fame, or give General Yang a marquis to appease him, but he must not kill indiscriminately for personal reasons."

They were persuading here, when suddenly Song He's chief follower rushed to the county government office to report that General Yang had already beheaded all the officials in the county government office.After hearing this, Song He raised his head to the sky and sighed deeply, regretting endlessly.

Unexpectedly, the matter was not over. After more than an hour, some students (scholars) went to the market to collect the corpses with great fanfare, and some people read the sacrificial rites in public and enshrined the dead civil servants as loyal martyrs, and said that Wang Jiaoyu from the county school taught everyone Through knowledge and principles, a teacher is like a father.Wen Kui was furious, and cursed at the left and right: "It's impossible to reverse! See, the crown prince can't cure these sour scholars!"

As the victor who just took over the county by force, he was openly provoked by a group of nerds. How could the hot-blooded young man in his early years not be angry?Could it be that someone pointed at his nose or cursed or made a |sand shot?I'm guilty|What's cheap!

At this time, another stall said: "The people we bought are Gaomi. Among the students, some people were running between the walls of the city a few days ago, recruiting strong men to defend the city against us. These gentry usually pretend to be noble to gain prestige and popular support. , it is very easy to confuse those ordinary people who trust them when something happens."

Wen Kui was furious, and immediately ordered people to arrest a group of gentry who had gone to the market to collect corpses, and then ransacked their homes to seize their property and send them into the army.

Seeing that the crown prince was in a fit of anger, Song He changed his strategy and said: "Those officials killed them all, so we can only declare that the officials and gentry in this county are all corrupt officials who accept bribes. Defile the officials; then put down the list to comfort the people and restrain the soldiers."

Zhu Wenkui made sense after hearing it, so he agreed with Song He's suggestion and asked him to write an article and post it to Xiao Qiang of the county government and everywhere in the city gate.

Song He had been prepared for a long time, and immediately took out the document from his sleeve pocket: "The old minister has already written it. In addition to the Anmin List, here is a decree, please read it. The state has state laws, and the military has military regulations. We need to establish These rules clearly define what officials and soldiers can do and what they can't do, and what punishment they will suffer if they do what they can't do..."

The prince said: "Mr. Song is so talented, can I still not trust you? The prince does not doubt whether he employs people or not. Since the decree was written by Mr. Song, it will be announced to the whole army and will be implemented immediately."

Song He hurriedly said: "These words are not just words. If you commit a crime, you have to follow the rules. You can't be ambiguous. Only by clear rewards and punishments can you gradually form military discipline. Only when there are rules to follow can His Highness restrain his subordinates; Soldiers are also easier."

Zhu Wenkui had other things to do, so he looked at it casually, and asked Song Hena to post the announcement. [

Unexpectedly, the next day, many incidents came to the prince. One of them was that a wounded soldier with an arm injury was forcibly placed in a family, and the people of that family were asked to seek medical treatment from a doctor and take care of food and daily living.Unexpectedly, the wounded soldier saw that the master's daughter-in-law was pretty, so he touched the wing room last night, wounded the master's son, and raped the woman in the room.The family did not publicize it, and swallowed their anger out of the idea that the family ugliness should not be publicized and fear of reprisals; unexpectedly, the next morning, a small leader went to see the wounded soldier, and because of the small yard, he saw the little daughter-in-law with pear blossoms and rain, so he went to the hospital. The leader raped the woman again.

Then the two soldiers started arguing and fighting, and finally they went to the prince for arbitration in order to fight for the young daughter-in-law.Song He happened to be in the yamen, and after hearing this, he was extremely angry, and threatened that the two soldiers had committed the crime of "rape"|"fornication", and they would behead them together as a warning to others.

Zhu Wenkui was also taken aback when he heard that, he glanced at Song He angrily, and thought: You speak lightly.These soldiers all have their own "stalls", or the servants of the leaders, or acquaintances from the same village, or people recruited with money; why do you all follow your prince to work hard to kill for a little thing?

Wen Kui immediately scolded the two soldiers and told them to leave.

Then General Yang came to the Yamen and said one thing.The matchlock gun sent by the King of Xiang was very difficult to use, it took a lot of time to load it, and it was not easy to fire;

Wen Kuina wondered: "So those firearms are not as effective as knives?"

General Yang said: "Something is better than nothing. Almost none of our soldiers have used bows and arrows. Firearms have to be used instead of bows and arrows, but they can't charge into battle. We have to build a batch of long weapons to use them in battle."

Song He couldn't help but said: "With this kind of firearm, the King of Xiang has defeated many with less and defeated tens of thousands of officers and troops several times. Firearms must have their own advantages. His Royal Highness also thought so at the beginning, so he asked the King of Xiang I want this batch of arms."

General Yang said: "Mr. Song not only understands poetry and books, but also knows how to march and deploy troops. Why do you want to be old?"

Wen Kui hurriedly said a few words of comfort, and then said: "There must be a training opportunity to use that thing. Among the craftsmen sent by the King of Xiang, those who can make firearms must know how to use them. General Yang sent someone to ask and select a few people to come out." Teaching firearms... Naturally, it is also reasonable for you to say that weapons are needed on the battlefield, so I will arrange for people to build them."

But making weapons is not so easy. A leader was ordered to do this, but there has been no progress.When Wen Kui asked, he found out that first of all, he could not find iron materials and enough blacksmiths.

Someone came up with an idea and ordered the collection of ironware from every household. Pots, hoes, and plows can all be smelted and forged to forge swords and spear heads.But Song He and others objected to disturbing the people, saying that it would be best to go directly to the iron mines in the county, but no one knew where there were iron mines.

It is even more difficult to find a blacksmith, and the door is closed everywhere. Who knows who among the people is a blacksmith?The craftsman's register on the county government file recorded some information, but where was the person, and after finally finding the place of the record, it was found that the person didn't know where he went.There were also leaders of the Prince's Army who violently kicked open the house and arrested people to "extort" confessions, but they couldn't ask much about the situation. very difficult.

There are also serious problems such as various ministries' private greed for property and food... Zhu Wenkui is facing many troubles, not just these.

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