prosperous age

"What's going on outside, why is it so noisy, who is making trouble?"

Huang Maoguan tried his best to suppress his bad mood, and questioned the clerk politely.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the panicked face of the scribe.

Earlier, the clerk broke into the house without notifying him, Huang Maoguan thought it was because he smashed a glass to call people in.

But looking at the appearance of the scribe now, it's a bit different.

"what happened?"

Huang Maoguan put on the airs of a third-rank official and asked.

"Big, big, my lord, it's not good, the outside is surrounded by those soldiers from the Zhenwu camp."

The clerk was very handsome and appeared to be well-mannered, but at the moment he was frightened by the appearance of the soldiers outside the office, and he stammered a bit.

"Those Qiu Ba dare to come here to make trouble, they are really impatient."

It took a lot of effort to hold back the anger, and now after listening to the scribe's narration, he jumped to the ground and was ignited again.

Huang Maoguan shook his sleeves and simply tidied up his official robes. He was about to step out and go to the gate of the official office to see what kind of soldiers were so bold that they dared to surround the yamen of the household department. The killer rebelled?
The Ming Dynasty has been in peace for a hundred years. Although there are Mongolian Tartars in the north and Japanese pirates in the south, they are all scabies. Could it be that they can still attack the city of Nanjing?

For the officials, being an official in Nanjing is to enjoy the blessings. They come to enjoy the ten miles of Qinhuai romance, but they never thought about what would happen.

Don't look at a few years ago, there were Japanese pirates who ran to the city of Nanjing to show off their power, so what?

Their ending was not that they were completely killed by the officers and soldiers, leaving nothing behind.

Well, today the Jingying soldiers in Nanjing City dared to surround the Household Office, which is not bad.

At this moment, Huang Maoguan had a strong murderous intent in his heart, he wanted to kill others, otherwise he would be a joke of Nanjing City in the future.

"My lord, don't, don't go, those soldiers are like crazy, they keep shouting outside the door to pay back the military salary, otherwise, otherwise."

"How about otherwise?"

Huang Maoguan stood still and asked nonchalantly.

"They're going to break in"

Speaking of this, the scribe didn't know what to say. Excited soldiers outside shouted about killing Huang Maoguan, a thief. Can he say it here?

Can't, isn't this asking for scolding?
"They still dare to storm the yamen of the household department. I want to see whether they have eaten the heart of a bear or the gall of a leopard."

At this moment, Huang Maoguan hated the generals of Zhenwu Battalion, and dared to instigate the soldiers to fight for wages. This is in Nanjing City, can they learn the tricks of the frontier army?
Those frontier soldiers often made troubles about their salaries, otherwise they would not have transferred Nanjing's reserves to Beijing, but the sky was so high that the emperor was far away, and in many cases the court was out of reach.

Although Nanjing is thousands of miles away from Beijing, this is Liudu, and there are still six departments. These Qiu Ba also want to learn from those who live in the north, hehe
At this time, Huang Maoguan did not think that the actions of himself and others were the cause of the soldiers' troubles, but shifted all the responsibility to the other party.

After Huang Maoguan finished speaking, he strode out of the value room and walked to the gate of the office, but the closer he got to the gate, the louder the noise outside the yard, maybe there were thousands of people.

Gradually, Huang Maoguan felt uneasy. There were all kinds of shouts in the noise, and some people even said they were going to kill him. Are these people going to rebel?
Although I was angry in my heart, a sense of fear subconsciously arose spontaneously.

Huang Maoguan has the experience of being in charge of the local area, and has also experienced some disturbances in the local area, or small-scale civil uprisings, but the situation is completely different from today's. There are no old men, women, and children here. Adult men who are 30 years old are all soldiers.

When I walked to the gate of the office, the door was already closed and I dare not open it. The concierge and other people in the office were all gathered inside the door, discussing something anxiously.

"What's going on outside? How many people are making trouble?"

Although Huang Maoguan was afraid in his heart, he still asked loudly with the official authority of the past.

In such an environment, the other side can't hear at the usual volume of speaking, but now he feels that his ears are buzzing, which is too noisy.

There are more than 2000 people outside the yard. If you say something to each other, the voices are very loud even if they are not loud together.

"My lord, think of a way quickly, there may not be thousands of people coming from outside."

A small official bowed in front of Huang Maoguan and answered.

"Open the door for me, I want to see who dares to make trouble in Nanjing City."

Huang Maoguan now boldly ordered loudly.

"No, my lord, the soldiers outside are clamoring like crazy for food and military pay. If you open the door and let them in, the consequences will be serious."
Earlier, old man Zhang was arguing with the soldiers who came first, but he was kicked a few times. They saw that there were still many people coming from behind, so they hurriedly closed the door.

It was almost impossible to close the door, those people were pushing desperately outside, if we hadn't heard the movement outside and came, I'm afraid they would have broken into the yard. "

The little official didn't care about Huang Maoguan's status as a superior, and hurriedly explained what happened here before and after closing the door.

Well, this can be regarded as a meritorious service.

Huang Maoguan is not a fool. He knows that if the soldiers are really driven crazy, they can do anything. This is the time when the crowd is excited, and the situation is not easy to control. Ask to open the door.

But he always had to take a look at the situation outside, so as to know what was going on in his mind.

"Bring a ladder over here, I'll go up and have a look."

Can't open the door, which doesn't bother Huang Maoguan. In the past, the local yamen was also blocked by the people. He moved the ladder to the wall to see the situation outside, and looked for the leader who caused trouble, and took his time later.

At this time, what Huang Maoguan thought was that no matter what happened today, the leader must be dealt with to the law, to see if it was the general from Zhenwu Camp who was leading the trouble inside.

Soon, a ladder was moved to the top of the wall next to the gate. Huang Maoguan pushed the people away and got on the ladder himself. After a few steps, he stepped up. He stuck his head out of the courtyard wall and looked outside, but he quickly retracted his head. Back off.

Huang Maoguan, who got off the ladder, finally started to turn pale at this time. Although he had been on the wall for a short time, he could see the general situation outside. They were all stinky soldiers, but he didn't see any generals from the Zhenwu Battalion And the figures of those team leaders.

There was no general to lead the way, and it was the soldiers who were making trouble. At this time, Huang Maoguan realized that something was wrong, and the soldiers outside the gate had lost control.

If there are generals leading them, they know what is good and what is wrong, and if they bring their men here to make trouble, they also know the seriousness of the matter, and they will not do anything out of hand, but it is just to frighten them, and it will be over if they ask for the military salary from him up.

But the current situation is that there are soldiers outside, what do they know?
The more ignorant people are, the more daring they are. The minister of the household department is nothing in front of these Qiuba, he can only play awe-inspiring in front of the generals.

As the saying goes, when a scholar meets a soldier, he can't tell why he is justified.

At this time, Huang Maoguan finally felt fear in his heart. If he was a little worried before, he was actually more worried that he would be the laughing stock of his colleagues. At this time, he was already worried that this matter would not be handled well.

On the top of the wall just now, he had already heard the shouts outside. These troublemakers shouted to restore the old rules, to return the military pay that was deducted from last year, and to pay the military pay on time.
At this time, Huang Maoguan leaned on the ladder, thinking in his heart, the soldiers are making trouble for pay, I am afraid that this matter cannot be hidden, and it will spread to the capital sooner or later, and then what?

The embezzlement of a penny was reported by Ma Kun when he was the Minister of the Household Department in Nanjing. Although he did not reply and agree, he did not reject it, so they took it for granted. Yes, the higher-ups will not admit that they agreed to this matter.

As for the arrears of military pay, the whole Ming Dynasty is like this, but this is unreasonable, at least the imperial court system does not allow this.

At this time, Huang Maoguan suddenly realized that there seemed to be big loopholes in everything that he thought to be logical in the past, and they were not supported by court laws.

How to do?
Now Huang Maoguan urgently needs to find a way to deal with the current situation, at least coax the troubled soldiers back to the barracks first, but how to do it?
He could have seen just now that the soldiers blocking the gate were probably not thousands, but almost all the people from the Zhenwu Camp had arrived, more than 2000 people.

He told the little official who had answered earlier: "Go up to the wall and shout, and tell them to go to the Ministry of War if there is anything wrong. They are soldiers, and they are under the control of the Ministry of War. This is the yamen of the Ministry of Households."

"My lord, they are here to ask for payment."

The little official naturally knew about the Zhenwu Camp, so he hesitated to speak now.

"I know, just shout like that when you go up, let them go to the Ministry of War."

At this moment, all Huang Maoguan can think of is to lead the trouble to the east, send people away first, and then hurry back to the yamen of the Ministry of household affairs.

The little official had no choice but to climb up the wall and shout to the outside according to Huang Maoguan's wishes.

However, the only thing that greeted him were stones flying in from outside the yard, and a few arrows.

This made the little official so terrified that he almost slid down the ladder.

Seeing an arrow shooting into the office, Huang Maoguan was also scared, this time he was really scared.

What is a soldier who is not restrained by a general?
I dare not think about it, I really dare not think about it.

"Is there anyone in the backyard?"

Huang Maoguan eagerly asked the people around him.

"No, most of them are blocking the door. This is the only door in this yard."

The little official replied with a mournful face, he is the head of the office, and his work used to be very easy, that is, only when the salary was paid, did the Shangguan come here, and he hardly came to the office on weekdays.

He has already arranged the affairs here, the gatekeepers, the sweepers, anyway, just drinking tea in the city every day, and earning money, but he didn't expect such a terrible thing to happen today.

"You find some quick-legged people to report to me outside, and I have to find a few adults in the city to deal with this matter."

As he said that, Huang Maoguan walked to his public room, he was going to write a note for someone to take it there.

Soon, he was writing several notes in the public room, and the nimbly-legged people chosen by the petty official were waiting outside the door, and handed the notes to them directly. , They all knew each other more or less, told each of them where they went and who they were looking for, and asked them to climb over the wall and leave here from behind.

If the soldiers make trouble, the blame cannot be taken by their household department. None of these people who guard the eunuchs and Nanjing guards can escape.

Seeing people running to the back of the office with a note, Huang Maoguan returned to the office with anxiety and sat down. He couldn't help but comfort himself to calm down, stay calm in the face of danger, and wait for the rescuers in the city. What should I do if I break in?
I should learn from the sage in the book, what kind of aura is used to calm down these people, the aura of scumbags.
When Huang Maoguan was blocked in the office of the household department of the small school, the news had already spread quickly. Not only the Jinyiwei Qianhu Office in Nanjing knew about it, but Wei Guogong Xu Pengju, who was resting at home, also got the report from his subordinates.

Late last night, he gave instructions to a few of his confidants to closely monitor Zhenwu Camp's parade today.

His son-in-law had led soldiers before, and he said that when he entered the city, he saw that something was wrong with those people, and he was afraid that something might happen.

Therefore, Xu Pengju just didn't care about it on the surface, but he actually cared a lot.

When it was heard that soldiers from the Zhenwu Camp surrounded the Household Office, Xu Pengju just nodded, but Wei Guangde guessed it, and it really caused trouble.

"Who took the lead?"

What Xu Pengju was thinking at the moment was actually similar to that of Huang Maoguan. He asked the leader, and he wanted to beat him later.

"No one, it's all the soldiers making trouble, the generals of the Zhenwu Battalion have all gone back to the barracks."

It's just that the next words directly scared Xu Pengju who was lying on the chair and fell to the ground.

"What did you say? Say it again? Those captains are not there, are they all back in the barracks?"

Xu Pengju was sitting on the ground at this time, and the maid next to him came to help him up, but he waved him away, and asked eagerly.

After getting an affirmative answer, Xu Pengju didn't even need anyone to support him. He got up from the ground and told the man, "Send an order to stay at the right guard, and the tiger's right guard and Wu Dewei will be dispatched immediately to protect the confidentiality and prevent disorderly soldiers." break in."

"Grandpa, should we send three guards to surround the small school grounds, and at the same time call other guards to suppress it?"

At this moment, the staff around Xu Pengju spoke up.

"No, there are only a thousand people in the three guards, let alone the other guards. There are at least 2000 people in the Zhenwu Camp. If you send troops to block it, if there is any trouble, there will be a firefight. Then it will really be out of control."

The others immediately retorted.

"Don't talk about it, just protect the confidential offices of the imperial palace and the Sixth Ministry. Also, send someone to Guangde to say that there is trouble in the Zhenwu Camp, and ask him to come to the mansion immediately."

"Which bastard dares to cause trouble in Nanjing City, don't you want to live?"

At this time, in the Nanjing Imperial Palace, an old eunuch pinched the orchid and pointed at the yin and yang, but cursed viciously.