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Chapter 39 Civil Revolt
Chen Mu always believed that the upper and lower classes in the Ming Dynasty were absolutely separated, and the mining tax deepened his thinking again.

When I was a child, it was stated in the book that the centralization of power was very strong, but when Chen Mu came here to see it with his own eyes, he felt that it was not the case.It's been half a year, and he hasn't seen a Jinyiwei. He said that there is no such thing as monitoring the world, that he can't even control private mines, and can't collect business taxes. Can this be called centralization?
The Ming Dynasty centralized power, gathering officials, and Jinyiwei only supervised officials, but there are not only officials in this world.

It was the first time under Chen Zongqi's command to lead troops on a trip. Both Xiaoqi and the army were very excited, especially after knowing that the opponents were only a group of miners.Wei Balang's small banner with cotton armor open, holding the handle of the Japanese knife in his hand, exposing the belly of the Japanese in the cotton armor, and the rest of the small flags are also holding Japanese swords and holding their heads high, lest others see them and know that they are a group of Weisuo flags who killed Japanese pirates military.

Unlike a group of heroes who killed the Japanese, it looks like the Japanese pirates have entered the guard!
"Put on the cotton armor, put on the iron helmets, and take your weapons!" Although the place where the miners resisted the tax is also under the jurisdiction of Qingyuan, it is more than 30 miles away from Qingyuan City. Mu turned his head and reprimanded the Banner Army: "This time, the crackdown is on poor miners, poorer than you, and they don't intend to kill people. Without Chen's order, no one is allowed to use knives and guns. Let them pay taxes smoothly. It's all done!"

Earlier, Bai Qi told Chen Mu that he was not the only one who went to suppress the miners, and there were probably other general banners or hundreds of households leading troops, not to mention the presence of tax collectors. There were too many variables in the suppression process.Chen Mu had to put his ugly words first to the Banner Army, and imitated Bai Yuanjie and said to the Banner Army: "If you listen to Chen's order, even if the superior will blame you in the future, Chen will be responsible for it. I can't blame you Head. If anyone obeys another's orders..."

Chen Mu smiled, showing half of his white teeth, shook his head lightly and didn't continue, and asked instead: "Did you hear that?"

Each of the five small flag officers is his own leader, and which one will say no, let alone all the subordinates, these people are veterans of Qingyuanwei, and they have a lot of experience in how the general banner of a hundred households tosses the flag army of.What's more, they will be very adaptable to the wind, so there is no reason to hit Chen Mu's muzzle.

Bing Youzi may be more tactful, but under the same conditions, they may not be able to be so ruthless, but Chen Mu is already a famous ruthless person in Qingyuan Wei. This may not even be imagined by Chen Mu himself-killing five people in half a year. There are five famous bandits and five Japanese pirates, with ten heads hanging from their waists. This is an almost unimaginable feat in Qingyuan, which has never experienced war in the Lingnan Mountains!

They walked for more than [-] miles, and saw that they were about to arrive at the mine where the furnace was opened, and suddenly two riders came galloping, and saw them shouting for help: "The coming is the banner of suppressing the miners!" military?"

The appearance of the person who came was very funny, he looked like a young man, dressed in a peach-colored robe, with rouge on his face and a sachet on his waist, he dismounted from his horse and propped his knees up for a while.

Chen Mu saw that he acted like a well-known literati, although he was surprised by his appearance and attire, he held back a smile and cupped his hands and said: "Chen Mu, the general banner of the Qianhu Office in Xiaqing City, is leading the army to suppress the miners. This is the mine, what happened? "

"General flag!"

The rouge man seemed to be stepped on his tail, and waved his hands forward one after another: "Go back quickly, the hundred households in the front are not considered opponents, the miners are very fierce, quickly find your hundred households to lead the soldiers... Hey, you boss Why are there so many banner troops?"

The road is not too wide, but Chen Mu practiced the banner army line up to the standard of "two people go in a row, three people make a road" when he was in the army in his previous life. Five small flag troops are in the front row, and the banner troops march side by side. At this time, the formation is dense After all, after more than a month of training, it has begun to show results. It is useless in a war, but it still looks like it can scare the young man at a glance.

Chen Mu heard his surprise in a low voice, held back his smile and cupped his hands and asked, "May I ask your Excellency?"

"I am Zhu Xiang, the ambassador of the Guangdong Chief Treasurer." Zhu Xiang, the ambassador of the Rouge tax bureau, hastily handed over his hands, and said to Chen Mu anxiously: "More than 200 miners refused to pay their lessons, and the railways were all captured. This is a rebellion!"

The Chief Secretary You Treasurer is an official of the ninth grade, who is in charge of registering the annual tax collection into the treasury. As for the railways and salt roads, they are all low-level tax collectors.

Now I don't know what happened in the mine to arouse the anger of the miners, so that they captured the railway tax collectors and fought with the hundreds of households who led the troops to suppress them. This made the already difficult matter even more complicated.

Is it true that you want to lead troops to kill?
Chen Mu's thoughts were spinning rapidly in his head. He didn't want to start killing, but it was even more impossible to go back and find hundreds of households to lead troops, because he didn't have hundreds of households on his head, unless he went back and invited Bai Yuanjie's barbarian battalion... ...But he can't even do this well, so isn't that a waste?
"Ambassador Ku, don't panic. Please take Mr. Chen there first to see that even if the troops are outnumbered, the banner troops under his command will be able to protect them well."

Ambassador Ku Zhu Xiang looked at Chen Mu suspiciously, and then at the flag soldiers standing upright behind him, especially Wei Balang, who held his head upright with a small flag on his back, and finally nodded helplessly. Chen Mu said: "Then according to Zongqi's words, go over and have a look first, who knows that these miners are so staunch, alas!"

Zhu Xiang got on his horse and led the tax collectors and Chen Mu to walk side by side. Those on horseback could not go fast, after all, the banner troops behind were all infantry.Taking this opportunity, Chen Mu happened to ask Zhu Xiang about the situation of the mine. How could he know that he found an acquaintance when he asked, and it was none other than Zhang Yongshou, a hundred household in Qingyuan Gorge, who led the banner army to fight the miners in the mine!

As for how the two sides fought, it’s interesting. From Zhu Xiang’s mouth, it was the miner’s unreasonable idea. Zhang Baihu stopped it with righteous words, and then the two sides clashed. The military household couldn’t beat the miner, so he ran out. At that time, more than 40 bannermen under Zhang Yongshou were blocked by miners in the mine and chased after them. Even the railway that went to negotiate with the mountain owner was seized.

Zhu Xiang didn't tell Chen Mu what kind of outrageous idea it was. The group was busy on their way, and Chen Mu didn't bother to ask in detail. He just wanted to go and see how Zhang Yongshou was beaten by a group of miners with pickaxes. Fuck the shit.

The distance of several miles is not very far, and after a short walk, you can see the mine from a distance, and you can also hear the sound of cursing and crying in the distance, and the voices of people are buzzing.When it was approaching, Chen Mu was also worried that the Banner Army would be discovered first and be besieged, so he ordered people to slowly touch a hillside, arranged for the sergeants, and then looked towards the mine.I saw a small group of flag soldiers besieged on the mountain road to save lives and heal the wounded. Hundreds of miners at the foot of the mountain wielded picks, sticks, etc. instead of attacking the mountain, they just yelled upwards, and some threatened the tied tax collectors with short knives. I don't know what to say, and weep while talking.

Seeing all kinds of chaos in his eyes, Chen Mu looked like he was about to rebel and kill officials and teachers, and he was even more anxious. He made a decision in desperation, waved to Shi Qi and said, "Bringing the blunderbuss flag to the sky, reload quickly! "
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Note:
"My ancestors first set up the Banner Army, and later set up the Minzhuang." ——Ming Dynasty, Hai Rui's "Ge Recruiting Soldiers"

　Sorry, I got up late today.

　　
　
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