prosperous age

As someone discovered that someone had climbed over the wall from the backyard, the courtyard of the household office of the small school was quickly surrounded by soldiers from the Zhenwu Camp. The Household Office was surrounded.

Holding the note given by Huang Maoguan, several petty officials rushed to complete their tasks after getting rid of the chasing soldiers of Zhenwu Camp.

Not long after, Wei Guogong Xu Pengju, who had already received the news, received the household official who had escaped to deliver the letter in the garrison hall.

"What's going on over there now?"

Wei Guangde glanced at the note in his hand, then asked.

In fact, there is no need to read the contents of the note, but it means that the soldiers of the Zhenwu Camp were lawless and openly besieged the government, and the garrison office was required to send troops quickly to suppress the rebellion.

"My lord, the rebel army has surrounded the government office, but they haven't entered yet. Please send reinforcements quickly, my lord."

The little official knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"They didn't storm the yamen?"

Xu Pengju was relieved to hear that the Zhenwu camp soldiers did not storm the Household Office.

What his people saw was that the rebellious soldiers surrounded there, but they didn't mix in the crowd to see what happened, so now they heard that the rebellious soldiers seemed to be disciplined and didn't rush in, so it shows that the situation still has a chance to ease.

If the soldiers are paying, just give them, not to mention that these military salaries should have been paid in the first place.

After getting an affirmative answer, Xu Pengju's mind became alive.

Since those soldiers knew what was good and what was wrong, and knew not to offend the superiors, they seemed to gather around there to frighten the officials of the household department and let them pay the owed military salaries.

"Get ready, let's go to the small school grounds."

Xu Pengju told the people around him.

According to the note, Huang Maoguan was calling them to sue officials in Nanjing, and Xu Pengju didn't even plan to go at first.

A gentleman does not erect walls, he can also read and write.

Hearing that those soldiers were just yelling around the office, Xu Pengju became bolder for some reason.

In fact, so far, Xu Pengju has not issued any combat orders to the other Beijing camps in Nanjing, but only asked them to gather their troops to stand by.

Before the Zhenwu camp soldiers rushed out of the small school grounds and ran into trouble in Nanjing, he did not intend to issue an order to suppress them.

In fact, at this time, he is sending people to each battalion to find out how many soldiers can be dispatched.

Now, he plans to go there to see the situation in person, maybe he can resolve this military disaster.

At the same time, in the guarding eunuch's mansion, He Shou, the guarding eunuch, was also doing the same thing as Xu Pengju, but he didn't intend to go to the scene, so he ignored Huang Maoguan's request.

He is the guarding eunuch, but not the guarding eunuch of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He just pays the military salary owed, so there is nothing to make trouble about.

As for the Ministry of War in Nanjing, Shangshu Zhang Ji had a sullen face, and after understanding the whole incident, he also made a similar decision to Xu Pengju.

Although it was caused by the Ministry of Household's arrears of military pay, as Minister of the Ministry of War, he could not stay out of the matter.

Just before departure, Zhang Jia sent someone to inform Li Sui, the minister of the Ministry of War, and asked him to go to the small school to check the situation. If necessary, he would need a minister like him who had led soldiers in battle to calm down the gang of rebels.

Li Sui was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Jiajing. When he was a doctor of the Ministry of Punishment, he used the opportunity of establishing the East Palace to amnesty the world according to the routine. Without the support of Nie Xian, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Li Sui contacted his colleague Lu Hui to ask the imperial court minister of the capital, Include officials who offended officials by discussing "big rituals" in the amnesty order.

At this time, Emperor Jiajing had just defeated his opponents and secured his throne, so he naturally rejected their request.

Although it was not successful, it was praised by many people.

And when Li Sui was transferred to the Ministry of Rites, he had a bad relationship with Xia Yan, the Minister of Rites at that time. Xia Yan even ordered the officials to impeach Li Sui, arrest Li Sui and send him to prison, and relegate Huzhou Tongzhi.

Since then, Li Sui has completely separated from the court and was sent to other places. After that, he moved to the prefect of Quzhou three times, and was promoted to the Soviet Union and Song Bingbei as deputy envoy.

In April of the 38th year of Jiajing, Japanese pirates invaded Haimen with hundreds of ships. Li Sui commanded Tongzheng Tang Shunzhi, deputy chief soldier Liu Xian, deputy envoy Liu Jingshao, and guerrilla Qiu Sheng to defend against the enemy. Pursue to Xiazigang, wipe out all the remaining Japanese pirates, and Xiping the Jiangbei Japanese pirates.

Emperor Jiajing was overjoyed with such military exploits, and Li Sui was promoted to be the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing.

Zhang Jia felt that to deal with these rebels, he still needed a minister like Li Sui who had been on the battlefield to subdue them.

The admiral Li Tingzhu, Marquis of Linhuai, was also very entangled at this time. He did not make a decision immediately after receiving the call from Huang Maoguan, but sent someone to inquire about other people's things. If someone went to the small school, he would go there to have a look Happening.

The main officials of Nanjing City made different decisions, and Xu Pengju and Zhang Jia rushed to the small school field one after another.

As for the Nanjing garrison and the minister of the Ministry of War, although the soldiers of the Zhenwu camp were excited at the moment, they still knew what was going on. After the two people's sedan chairs arrived, they walked away from the left and right, and walked through the crowd and approached under the watchful eyes of the guards. Household Office.

You must know that the soldiers around you are all standing there in full armor. After all, today is a review. These people did not come with bare hands. Not only are they wearing Ming army-style visors, but they are also equipped with knives, guns, arrows and crossbows.

After all, they belonged to the Nanjing Jingying, and their equipment was much better than that of the local guards.

In fact, when the matter developed to this point, many soldiers with active minds were also thinking about how to end it.

There was a lot of commotion today, but none of the generals from the Zhenwu Battalion showed up, which is very telling.

His immediate superiors didn't think it was wrong for them to complain about their salary. Thinking about it, it was true. The military salary was withheld, and they themselves couldn't get the military salary that should belong to him. It's strange that they didn't complain.

Although there was no general to lead, the dozen or so people with high prestige among the soldiers still stood together to discuss how to solve it.

After knowing that the sedan chairs of Xu Pengju, Duke Wei of Nanjing, and Zhang Jia, Minister of the Ministry of War, had arrived, they naturally would not make things difficult for them, they were all Shangguan.

However, when the two people's sedan chairs were parked outside the gate of the Ministry of Household Office, these people also walked up quickly, and they wanted Xu Pengju and Zhang Jia to put forward the conditions they would meet after they discussed.

Xu Pengju and Zhang Jia were standing in front of the office with worried expressions on their faces. The door was still tightly closed, and there was no intention of opening it.

"Arrears of military pay, this should have been paid, I will coordinate with the Ministry of Households, but your request for repayment of the salary that was deducted last year is really not a trivial matter, I must understand the situation before I can answer you."

After Zhang Jia frowned and listened to the conditions put forward by the leading soldier, he hesitated for a moment before answering.

"As your superior, I now ask you to bring these people back to the barracks to wait for news. What does this noise look like?"

Afterwards, Zhang Jia said angrily to those people.

After hearing what Zhang Jia said, the faces of the dozen or so leading soldiers all changed slightly, half of them were frightened, after all, these people are existences that they need to look up to on weekdays.

And the other half was pissed off. They didn't expect that they had come to this point. These officials still planned to deal with them in this way.

When the military salary was deducted last year, that's what the people in the household department said. The military salary is taken in this way first, and the soldiers will go back to report their opinions to the superiors. They can't make the decision.

"Go call the door."

After speaking to the soldiers, Zhang Jia ordered the guards to knock on the door of the Household Office. Xu Pengju and Zhang Jia walked into the courtyard with their guards one after the other.

Just when everyone had gone in and the porter of the household department was anxious to close the door again, the dozen or so leading soldiers looked at each other, and they all saw the sternness in each other's eyes.

Being able to become the leaders of these people, these ten or so people are naturally not idle people, they are all masters in battle in the barracks, and they are also ruthless people. Only in this way can the other soldiers fear them, and they usually recognize them as the bosses.

Zhang Jia's attitude just now was obviously perfunctory to them. It is estimated that if they were really allowed to go in to discuss, the result after a while was to tell them to go back and wait for the payment.

Now that the incident has come to an end, even if the military pay is paid, how will they be treated in the future?

You can't let them discuss behind closed doors, they have to go in and listen.

Almost in an instant, the dozen or so people moved. They rushed forward before the door was closed by the porter, and together they tried to force the door open.

The soldiers at the back didn't understand their intentions at first, but they didn't realize it until someone yelled out loudly. Those who were close quickly rushed up and forced open the door of the household office.

The movement behind him was a bit loud. After all, after the door was resisted by the other party and could not be closed, the concierge tried his best to resist it, and at the same time called the people from the household department next to him to come and help. It is absolutely impossible to let people from outside force their way in.

In the process of summoning, Xu Pengju and Zhang Yan, who had just entered the door and were planning to discuss with Huang Maoguan how to deal with the aftermath, were naturally alarmed. However, although the guards around them were not far from the gate, their duty was only to protect the main house, so they were fierce at the gate. When pushing and shoving, these guards did not rush over to help close the door, but quickly formed a circle to protect their masters.

When the gate was forcibly pushed open by the soldiers outside, Xu Pengju and Zhang Jia felt their scalps go numb when they saw these soldiers with weapons rushing in aggressively.

Although Xu Pengju, who claims to be a general, usually laments that no one in the world is worthy of being his opponent, but at this moment, such thoughts have already flown to Java.

Wei Guangde was notified by the family members of Wei Guogong's family, and when he knew that the Zhenwu Camp was actually reviewing in the small school today, something happened, and he cursed those idiots in the household department in his heart.

Deductions can be deducted, what are you delaying for the salary that should be paid, can you still delay it?

They are all breadwinners. If they can't get their salary, they are not afraid of starving to death in the Beijing camp. At that time, they are afraid that things will become even bigger.

It's okay now, as long as no one is dead, just surround the household office, have a good talk with the soldiers, and pay back the military salary.

Wei Guangde hurriedly asked someone to pack up his things, and quickly went to Duke Wei's mansion. After all, there were high walls and guards from the mansion, so the security was much better than his own yard.

When Wei Guangde arrived at Duke Wei's mansion, he was received by his elder brother Xu Bangrui. Duke Wei Xu Pengju had already gone to the garrison mansion not far away, which was where he was on duty in Nanjing.

I found a flower hall and drank tea while warming up the fire, waiting for the news that the situation had subsided.

Not long after, news came from outside that the sedan chair carried by Wei Guogong Xu Peng went to the small school grounds.

Wei Guangde and Xu Bangrui looked at each other with surprise in their eyes. They really never thought that Xu Pengju would dare to go there at this time.

"Let someone inquire about the news over there."

It took a long time for Wei Guangde to suggest to Xu Bangrui that it would be best if nothing happened, but if there is any emergency, it is better to know in advance to deal with it in time.

Xu Bangrui nodded slightly, he understood what Wei Guangde didn't say, the father's trip was a bit dangerous, it was a rebellious soldier.

A few servants were arranged to observe the situation there and report news from the small school grounds at any time.

It's just that not long after the people were sent out, news came from outside that Wei Guogong and Zhang Jia, Minister of the Ministry of War, met outside the small school grounds, and the two passed together.

Not long after, news came that their sedan chair had passed through the crowd of rebels and was about to enter the household office.

"Guangde, you have led soldiers, so it should be all right."

Hearing that those rebels did not embarrass Wei Guogong Xu Pengju and Minister of War Zhang Jia, Xu Bangrui asked Wei Guangde.

"They just surrounded the yamen, they probably didn't plan to use force, otherwise that door should have been knocked down long ago."

Wei Guangde shook his head and said with a smile, "Master Taishan's sedan chairs are all in the office now, I think this war can be calmed down sooner or later."

"It's also a good thing. I'll ask someone to set up a table of delicious food, and bring some good wine. Let's have a good meal here."

Xu Bangrui smiled, and then ordered his followers to go down and prepare.

As soon as the entourage here went out to prepare, the servant who had been sent to monitor the small school grounds rushed into the house.

"Young Master, it's not good. Those rebels rushed into the household department office. I don't know what's going on with the master inside. It's very chaotic there now, and we dare not approach."

After the servant entered the door, he hurriedly shouted, telling the news from the small school yard.

"What? Wasn't it fine before?"

Wei Guangde actually had a bad premonition when he saw the servant rushing into the house without rules, and when he heard the first half of the servant's words, he stood up in surprise and asked loudly.

"At the beginning, the group of rioters was well-behaved, but after the master and the others seemed to enter the office, there was a sudden chaos there. The soldiers began to rush into the office, as if they had rushed in."

The family member hurriedly reported.

"Could it be that they took the opportunity of my father and Mr. Zhang to make money to open the door?"

Xu Bangrui also asked in surprise at this time.

"Just break the door, it's easy to break open."

Although Wei Guangde didn't know what the Office of the Ministry of Household Affairs looked like, it was not certain how strong the gate of the Yamen could be.

It's a small school yard there, and there are too many military resources in reserve. Dealing with the gate is difficult or difficult, but it's easy and simple. If you hit the wood, it should be demolished after a dozen strokes, not to mention the yard, where you can't build ladders , You can attack casually, but you still need to trick Wei Guogong and Minister of the Ministry of War to open the door, what a joke.

"Let's gather the servants, and there are three guards, don't guard those yamen, go to the small school to save people."

At this moment Wei Guangde said firmly to Xu Bangrui.