prosperous age

It is naturally impossible for Wei Guangde to use his identity as a censor to force the pursuers to retreat, so when he shouted, he mentioned the Beijing camp guards stationed outside the city of Nanjing.

With the strength of a single unit of the Zhenwu Battalion, it would be impossible to defeat many other guards.

Pointing this out at this moment is to make those soldiers sober up, the power balance between them and the imperial court, don't let their own happiness ruin their lives for a while.

And when Wei Guangde yelled at the soldiers rushing from the opposite side, he also secretly pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and was ready to drive the horse to escape at any time. There was absolutely no way he could do it.

At this time, although the people in Zhenwu Camp were still in a state of excitement, especially many of them had already seen Huang Maoguan's body after being beaten to death.

Third-rank officer, if you say kill, you will kill, what else are you afraid of?
Without thinking too much, all the soldiers in the Zhenwu Camp now think about the number one labor and capital in the world. Who else is there in other guards, and who else is as awesome as them.

The military households in the Ming Dynasty were suffering. Don’t look at the military households carrying the imperial court’s iron rice bowl, but now, this iron rice bowl is not only not good, but has become a burden.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it was always priced in kind. Whether it was an official or a soldier, the salary was paid according to the amount of rice.

Only in the Yongle period, Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, built the city of Beijing in a big way, and several times the Northern Expedition caused the court to bear huge financial pressure, so some smart people came up with the method of distributing salaries, and using overseas treasures such as spices and ivory Deducting salary and other methods, these operations are actually a disguised form of compressing salary expenditure.

But no matter how it is changed, the method of measuring in kind has not changed, only a little flexibility.

The treatment of military households was very good at the beginning of the founding of the country. There was no problem of not having enough food, and the treatment even exceeded that of civilian households.

It's just that after 200 years of peace, the domestic economy has developed rapidly, and the passage of time will naturally become different.

The salary of the Ming Dynasty has not changed in the past 200 years. How much rice grain was given at the founding of the country, and how much rice grain is still given now.

If payment in kind has been made, the living standards of military households will not improve, but at least they will not go backwards too much.

However, under the policy of discounting salaries, the salaries of soldiers not only did not increase but decreased.

Up to now, not to mention the income of peasant households, even those ordinary people who work in the city can still have three or four taels of silver left over after paying taxes and labors.

As for military households, whether it is military pay or other supplies, whether it is rice, cotton, iron, etc., it is difficult for the annual income to exceed two taels of silver after all are discounted.

So, serving as a soldier these days is better than going to the city to sell your skills and earn more money.

It's been a long time, and now I suddenly find that if I do this, it seems that many things can be changed.

Especially Wei Guogong Xu Pengju, who was surrounded by them in the yard before, and Zhang Jia, Minister of the Ministry of War, were scared pale by them.

There was also Huang Maoguan, who used to be arrogant in their barracks and ignored them at all. Perhaps he broke his leg when he climbed over the wall, and was quickly caught by the soldiers who rushed over.

At the beginning, Huang Maoguan put on an official air, but after a round of beatings by the anxious soldiers, he quickly changed his face and cried loudly for mercy.

In fact, Huang Maoguan still had a chance to survive, but someone found the memorial he was writing from Huang Maoguan's office. Although most of the soldiers were illiterate, some could read some words.

The soldiers who could read read the memorandum, and they quickly understood the content of the memorandum, and immediately became very angry, and scolded Huang Maoguan for being a dog.

In the memorial, Huang Maoguan may have wanted to take revenge on the Zhenwu camp, and he actually asked for the abolition of food for wives and children, that is, regardless of whether the soldiers had families or not, the soldiers were paid six buckets of food per month.

After the news came, the soldiers surrounding Huang Maoguan immediately killed him, ignored Huang Maoguan's begging for mercy, and beat Huang Maoguan to death.

Even so, the soldiers felt uneasy, and dragged Huang Maoguan's body to parade through the streets.

This kind of behavior was naturally seen by the spies sent by various families in Nanjing. When they saw Huang Maoguan's corpse, they would be shocked. public display.

It's just that Wei Guangde didn't get the news at this moment, and he reined in his horse to block the way of the soldiers of the Zhenwu Battalion.

His yelling just now was naturally heard by the soldiers on the opposite side, and at this time the soldiers in front were all horrified.

If I say I'm not afraid it's a lie, I forgot what they were doing when I was excited before, but now I was reminded by the officer on the opposite side, and all the sergeants realized that what they did just now was to kill officials and rebel. In the courtyard of the Ministry of Household Office, he threatened Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei, and Zhang Jia, Minister of the Ministry of War.

The soldiers in front couldn't help but stop when they were frightened, but the soldiers behind didn't hear Wei Guangde's shout, but the people in front stopped and they were naturally blocked behind.

What Wei Guangde said was quickly passed on through the mouths of the soldiers in front, and the leading soldiers in the back soon knew what happened in front. In fact, some of them were aware of the danger at this time. What they did After Huang Maoguan was beaten to death, he lost control.

But at this time, they have no choice. After all, they are just soldiers, and they can't think of a solution for a while.

So they assigned two people to go back to the barracks to find their superiors, and at the same time dispersed their staff to greet the soldiers in the Zhenwu camp, trying to control the situation as much as possible.

They just got the news that after knowing that Huang Maoguan had been killed by the rebels, those generals who had returned to the barracks had already fled the barracks without a trace.

Obviously, they are unwilling and afraid to contact them. Their current status as rebels has been confirmed in the eyes of these generals. The next step is to wait for the imperial army to arrive, and then be wiped out.

Now several people here got together to discuss for a while and then ran to the front, and the soldiers consciously gave way to the left and right.

Wei Guangde was in a nervous mood at this time, worried that the soldiers would rush up to catch him, and he would be a hostage to negotiate with the court, so he was always on guard and ready to run away at any time. This was the reason why he didn't let others follow. He runs fast.

Wei Guangde, who had been on the battlefield, at this moment exuded what he thought was a bastard spirit, hoping to calm down this group of rebellious soldiers, although he didn't know whether he had that murderous spirit.

Suddenly, Wei Guangde saw a commotion in the crowd on the opposite side, then parted left and right, and walked out a few soldiers wearing ordinary Ming army battle jackets, their brows were slightly frowned, and then quickly relaxed, he had already guessed who was on the opposite side.

The few people came forward and didn't say much, they just clasped their fists to Wei Guangde and said: "My lord, let's not talk about being deducted from the military salary by the dog officer surnamed Huang, and also arbitrarily defaulting on the military salary. We are all people who have to support our families, and we really can't do it today." That’s why I made such a bad move, and I hope my lord will forgive me.”

Xu Sheng had already said earlier that it seemed that Huang Maoguan was beaten to death by the rebels. At this time Wei Guangde wanted to ask clearly, so he asked, "What about Mr. Huang?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed that the faces of the people on the opposite side changed slightly, and one of the people with a slightly more honest face said: "Master Huang broke his leg when he climbed over the wall. Later, later."

In the voice of speaking, Wei Guangde noticed that the faces of those people were becoming more and more ugly, and he knew that Huang Maoguan was probably killed by them.

However, Wei Guangde rolled his eyes, and immediately answered loudly without waiting for the loyal soldier to tell the details: "I understand that Mr. Huang was careless when he climbed over the wall and fell to his death. Naturally, this has nothing to do with you. Please hurry up!" Go back to the barracks quickly, and wait for the imperial court's order, and you are not allowed to go to the streets to make trouble."

Unexpectedly, when the dog officer on the opposite side spoke like this, the soldiers were all taken aback, but then they were all ecstatic.

Finally found a way, this is what officials in the court said, they just used it as an excuse to hide this festival, although everyone knows it is a trick to deceive people.

"exactly."

"That's what the lord said."

After a while of echoing, one of them said: "Master Wei, please be the master for us. We will return to the barracks to wait for the news. Please also report to the superior. If we don't get our military salary, we will starve to death at home." .”

Before the man spoke, he had already made eye contact with several other people, so it wasn't like he agreed without authorization.

Although they had threatened Xu Pengju and Zhang Jia in the Ministry of Household Office before, asking them to compensate Zhenwu Camp with 10 taels of military pay, but that was before Huang Maoguan was killed.

When they heard that Huang Maoguan had been beaten to death by that idiot, they hurried to the scene, and it was too late to say anything.

And Xu Pengju and Zhang Jia also took the opportunity to escape from the office, and they would run for their lives with Li Tingzhu who had just arrived at the small school grounds.

And these people were all impatient after hearing about this, they were eager to gather their hands to prevent the troops from the Zhenwu camp from getting separated and causing bigger troubles, and at the same time they sent people to chase after Xu Pengju and the others, trying to catch them They were hostages, so this encounter happened.

Unexpectedly, Master Wei Guangde who was opposite him found a reason for them, well, what he said was too correct, Huang Maoguan fell to his death by himself and had nothing to do with them.

They just punched and kicked Huang Maoguan a few times to vent their anger after finding Huang Maoguan's body. Their original intention was to find Huang Maoguan's argument about the arrears of military pay, and they didn't want to cause such a misunderstanding.

After saying a few more words, the soldiers of the Zhenwu Camp turned around and retreated slowly amid the shouts of several military leaders, returning to their barracks.

Wei Guangde only breathed a sigh of relief at this time, this test is considered to be over.

And on several streets near the small school grounds, something similar to Wei Guangde was happening at this time.

Sincerity Bo Liu Shiyan also received a distress note from Huang Maoguan. After all, Liu Shiyan, like Xu Pengju and Li Tingzhu, is one of the few generals in Nanjing who have military power. obey orders.

Facing the Zhenwu camp soldiers coming from the opposite street, his reaction was a little slow, and Liu Shiyan's team was quickly blocked by people, and it was too late to turn around and run away.

Liu Shiyan is also worthy of being a general leading troops. Seeing such a scene, he didn't panic. Don't look at the armored soldiers on the opposite side. The dozens of guards on his side are not bad, and the equipment is even better, so he went to the front and faced Those rebellious soldiers shouted: "If you rebel, you will kill me. When the army arrives, kill you all!"

Under Liu Shiyan's aggressive aura, he managed to scare off the chaos.

At this time, Wei Guangde, after successfully forcing back the Zhenwu camp rebels, immediately pulled his horse back and ran back, and soon returned to the Nanjing Defense Mansion.

When he got here, Wei Guangde saw that the guards were assigned to guard the streets, and several sedan chairs were parked outside the garrison mansion. Apparently besides Xu Pengju, Zhang Jia and Li Tingzhu, there were also Nanjing officials called here.

That's right, Duke Wei's Mansion and Garrison Mansion are located in the center of Nanjing City, next to the Imperial Palace, surrounded by dignitaries and Nanjing's six yamen, so it's very convenient to find someone.

After dismounting from his horse, Wei Guangde walked in, and no one at the gate stopped him. After all, Wei Guangde was wearing an official uniform.

Soon, Wei Guangde arrived outside the garrison hall, and saw Zhang Ji following Xu Sheng, and his servants were also resting in a corner of the courtyard outside the hall.

Seeing Wei Guangde coming in, Zhang Ji heaved a sigh of relief.

Before Wei Guangde wanted to turn the horse's head back, Zhang Ji wanted to follow, but Wei Guangde stopped him and asked him to bring someone back with Xu Sheng.

Seeing that Wei Guangde retreated completely, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

When Wei Guangde approached the garrison hall, he heard Xu Pengju inside shouting orders: "Order the guards of the Beijing camp to dispatch immediately, surround the small school grounds on all sides, and don't let the people from the Zhenwu camp rush out."

When Wei Guangde heard what the old man said outside, he couldn't help curling his lips, why did he go so early?

Such an order was issued now, and it is estimated that the other guards have not tidied up all the troops. Besides, the people from the Zhenwu camp have already been called back by him, so there will be no more fuss today.

But thinking about it, Wei Guangde is still very curious, how did the old man and the others escape, didn't they all say that they were kidnapped by rebels?

A while ago, it was naturally impossible for Wei Guangde to ask those people on the opposite side how his father-in-law escaped from your hands, that would be something only a fool would do.

The garrison hall is where Nanjing's garrison handles official business and issues orders. Wei Guangde is considered an imperial envoy, but he is not an imperial envoy who comes to Nanjing on business, so he can't just walk in. Instead, he beckons to Xu Sheng and asks him aside in a low voice.

Soon, Wei Guangde knew what happened to Xu Pengju and Zhang Jia in the household office. They were really coerced by the rebels. When the rebels went to hunt down Huang Maoguan who fled, Xu Pengju even came forward to stop him. It's a row of gun heads.

Another soldier hit the black hair on his head with a gun, and then used a long gun to hold his black hair back forcibly. When Xu Pengju saw that the situation was unfavorable and chose to calm down, the soldier cursed even more frivolously. : "Straw bag."

Xu Sheng didn't think there was anything wrong with it. At that moment, he couldn't clash with those rebels, after all, they were few in number.

Even if the guards of Wei Guogong's mansion are all highly skilled in martial arts, they will suffer a lot in fighting against soldiers who have been trained in battle formation.

However, when Wei Guangde heard the word "idiot bag", he vaguely remembered that his father-in-law seemed to be famous in later generations, but that was because of Yue Pengju's credit, and the title of "idiot general".

No, this nickname comes from here, right?