Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 275

No wonder the defenders of Yangqu hated the dead eunuch Yan Siyin so much that his teeth were itching. The winter clothes of the defenders who came over were embezzled and equipped for their own help.

Seeing the usual ruffian Erliuzi wearing brand-new winter clothes for the officers and soldiers shouting and drinking six times, and he was hungry and cold like an old popsicle and still had to defend the city, it was strange that the army had combat effectiveness.

In Yan Siyin's father-in-law's mansion, it was also found that a thousand gold nudes and more than 2000 ingots of silver ingots, all of which were 50 taels of high-ranking official silver, were distributed by the Ministry of War as military pay. The value of the silk and cloth together is almost 50 taels. A eunuch who came out of the army can be greedy like this. How dark the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was, let Song Qingshu refresh his understanding.

Hey, after the underworld beatings, this Yan Siyin has recognized who is the old man and who is the money, and this guy actually begged Song Qingshu to let him go with a mournful face. He went back and promised not to trouble Jia Duobao again. Song Qingshu laughed when he heard it, and waved Liu Tichun and the others They dragged him to a corner and beat him violently.

The militant army put up an Anmin notice, and the begging army was the only one. Early the next morning, when they saw the Anmin notice pasted on the four doors, the people in Yangqu still didn’t believe it until the father-in-law’s mansion began to release people in the morning. More than 100 big girls were robbed into the mansion, and more than 80 local businessmen who were arrested and blackmailed for various reasons were rich. In addition, the gatekeeper was identified. The wooden stakes at the door were tied, and more than 20 corpses of women tortured to death by these bastards were covered with white cloths and parked outside.

That morning, there was a sad and happy parting. The daughters-in-law and daughters who were robbed, and the rich businessmen who almost met the King of Hades hugged their families, hugged their heads and wept with joy. Holding the dead body and weeping bitterly, more and more people gathered. I don’t know who was the first to gnash their teeth and throw a stone at them. After screaming for a while, it turned into meat paste.

Song Qingshu also did an unbelievable thing, paying the officers and soldiers!

There are more than 800 Yangqu defenders, including many locals. They all ran home yesterday, and today they were brought back one by one by the chief of staff. A total of more than 500 people gathered in the county government, watching the beggars The gleaming cold light of the army's bayonet, and listening to the crying of the people outside, each officer and soldier felt uneasy, and one of them was stuffed with an ingot of 50 taels of official silver.

"Look clearly, the eunuchs have been greedy for the imperial court's military pay. I begged the Marshal Song to pay you, as a reward for your clear recognition of good and evil last night, and you didn't ruin your life!"

Song Qingshu personally presided over the payment of the salary. While stuffing the silver ingots from the box with his own hands, he shouted at the top of his voice: "Listen to the cries of those folks outside. I'm a traitor. I can't use the law to restrain you. I can only advise you one word, pat your conscience in your chest before doing something, people are doing it, and God is watching!"

Holding a heavy amount of money, the hundreds of defenders felt as if they had knocked down the five-flavored bottle in their hearts. After the last person finished handing out, Song Qingshu yelled unceremoniously.

"It's all gone! I'm leaving this afternoon. You take over the city and protect one side!"

The anti-thieves ordered the officers and soldiers to protect the local people, probably only in the era of the end of Ming Dynasty when black and white were reversed, right?
This place is next to Taiyuan Mansion, the land where the King of Jin was enfeoffed. There are at least 1 guards in Taiyuan. Song Qingshu didn't dare to stay any longer. He packed Yan Siyin's stolen money all morning and cut off the hand of an eunuch who followed him. , with Yan Siyin's official silver hanging on the city gate with his ears closed, and steamed buns for lunch on his horseback, the six thousand beggars hurriedly withdrew to the Taihang Mountains.

Song Qingshu hadn't been gone for a long time, the whole Taiyuan Mansion seemed to be blown up, the Mongolian activities were frequent in the north, and the army gathered in the Yellow River in the south, it is now empty and tight, and the beggars who had been ripped off from the government's arrest warrant a year ago have revived He was able to take down Zhong County near Taiyuan Mansion in one day and night, and even killed a eunuch and supervising army. This is incredible.

Eight hundred miles in a hurry, the memorial of the king of Jin asking for reinforcements and the memorial of the governor of Shanxi pleading for help almost rushed out of the north gate of Taiyuan. After two full days, the guerrillas of Weiyuan Fort in Taiyuan prefecture dared to lead their troops tremblingly Come to recover Yangqu County.

Song Qingshu's money is really not for nothing. When asked which direction the thief went, the Yangqu garrison said that there were everywhere. Everyone in Shanxi, big and small, was in fear, and letters asking for help were sent to the court one by one.

Emperor Chongzhen's character is suspicious, irresponsible, and he still cares about face. He is afraid that the history books will record his bad fortune, so he takes extra care of his relatives.

Wu'an County, the base camp of the encirclement and suppression army, originally received a few big leaders from the peasant army He Shuangquan, Zhang Miaoshou, etc. to come to beg for surrender in person. They were still a little hesitant and entangled. After all, the last time Cao Ying feigned surrender was half a year ago, and they had to weigh it up. However, this Emperor Chongzhen gave the order to kill the peasant army in 20 days, and then quickly went north to support Taiyuan.

Although there are a large number of officers and soldiers, the peasant army still has more than 20 troops after all, and they are still killed from Shaanxi. The veterans who have survived for many years, if they really fight to the death, they may not be able to please. There are also "local merchants and gentry" who brought a large sum of money to talk about the matter. For the sake of money, at the beginning of November in the sixth year of Chongzhen, Lu Jiude officially ordered to accept the recruitment and withdraw from the siege.

The scope of activities of the Peasant Army, which had been blocked on the river beach to suffer from the cold and breathless, suddenly became wider, and under the guidance of Sun Chuanting, a large number of Peasant Army generals took Yin Zi to the opposite government army camp to make friends, let alone Yin Zi When the flowers are in place, bows and arrows, firecrackers, gunpowder, knives and even cannons are all fooled by the officers and soldiers.

The Yangqu incident not only shocked Taiyuan, but also shocked Dai County. The upper echelon didn't know that the Shanxi merchants saw the battle between Song Qingshu and Yan Siyin in their eyes. It's only been more than a month, and the seemingly aggressive eunuch is so dead. Well, it is said that if you take down the county seat, you can take it down, and Hu Lian killed more than 20 of them. It is estimated that Yan Siyin will not escape the fate of being beaten to death. As for how to die, it depends on one's imagination.Song Qingshu's strength, especially his very hot methods, made these potbellied Shanxi merchants shudder.

Now, the Jin merchants who have been blocked in Dai County are all regretful, and they are afraid of being stunned, and those who are stunned are afraid of dying. Now the begging army is desperate, regardless of what happens in the future. They will all be unlucky, but they have heard a lot of things that offended the commander-in-chief and directly put them in sacks and threw them into the Hutuo River to feed bastards.

Shi Tianfu has been busier these days, and a large group of Shanxi business partners are still blocking the gate of Jiaduobao, but this time they are not clamoring for divestment, but crying holding a bank note and a cash box Crying for capital increase.

As for how to deal with these white-eyed wolves, Song Qingshu hasn't given instructions yet, and Shi Tianfu doesn't dare to accept it. Facing the Shanxi businessmen who want to marry him on the one hand, and the Shanxi businessmen who want to marry him on the other, his head has grown twice. .

Fortunately, Yangqu and his party, within three days, Song Qingshu came back.

Almost on the same day that Wu'an officials and troops withdrew from the siege, the business owners gathered in Daixian County and the celebrities among Shanxi merchants all received invitations from Song Qingshu. buy and sell.

What a big deal, probably to scrape land, but most of the Shanxi merchants who received this invitation were relieved, and asked the big guys to pay for it with money, which means that Marshal Song doesn't intend to pursue it any further, and the matter can be settled with money. That's okay.

Moreover, seeing the strength of the begging army, the interest in cooperating with Jiaduobao has become much stronger. In fact, these Shanxi merchants are still towards Song Qingshu psychologically. After all, he is a rebel who abides by business ethics and the spirit of contract. On the contrary, Yan Siyin, the eunuch, is desperate for money with his privileges. He can do nothing but scrape land. The benefits of working with Song Qingshu for more than a year are obvious to everyone.

On the fifth day of November, many merchants gathered at the foot of Mount Wutai, large and small industrial and commercial owners in Daixian County, and even big families of Shanxi merchants, such as the Zhan family in Puzhou, the Zhang family, the Fan family, the Yang family in Zhenwuwei, and the Tianchengwei family in Datong. Xue's family, Qu's family in Qixian County, and Li's family in Quwo all came in person. Almost two-thirds of the top Shanxi merchants have arrived, and there are more than 100 of them.

Some came in sedan chairs, some came in Daizhou-made rickshaws, and some came in horse-drawn carriages, carrying a lot of gifts. Before the time on the invitation, a large group of these people had already gathered in Wutai Mountain down the mountain.

Song Qingshu didn't put on airs, he first sent Liu Dazhuzi to lead the cavalry down the mountain to greet everyone, and after a few pleasantries, a large number of businessmen followed and led the cavalry to the mountain one after another according to the invitation. Well, the smooth concrete road is much easier to walk than the official road, which amazed these businessmen.

There are farmlands everywhere on both sides. After Song Qingshu came, he restrained himself very much and did not grab too much land in the plain area below the mountain. Most of the farmland of the begging army is still on the mountain fields that others spared no effort to reclaim on Mount Wutai, but even if it is Yamada, the output is still enviable.

This year there is no delay in the farming season. At this time, the begging army's autumn harvest has come to an end. Watching a large group of production teams dig out strings of peanuts from the fields, several people who made their fortunes by farming, especially the Fan brothers, even deliberately I went to have a look, took a few peanuts and tasted them, and was amazed.

However, at this harmonious moment, more than a dozen loud bangs exploded in the mountains, followed by gunshots like fried beans, and the loud shouts of killing. Listening to this huge noise, just now The merchants who were still chatting and laughing were all pale with fright.

You won't trick us into killing us in the mountains, will you?Throwing corpses into ravines to feed wolves here is a treasure trove of geomantic omen!

(End of this chapter)