The Prosperous Era of Longwan

It was naturally impossible for Wei Guangde to use his status as censor to drive back the pursuers behind him, so when he shouted, he mentioned the Jingying Guard Station stationed outside Nanjing.

With the combat power of one unit of Zhenwu Camp, it is naturally a dream to defeat numerous other guards.

The purpose of saying this now is to make those soldiers wake up to the balance of power between them and the imperial court, and not to risk their lives due to their happiness.

While Wei Guangde was shouting 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. He did not intend to lose his life here. If he didn't have confidence in the horse under his crotch, There's no way he could do this.

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

If you are a third-grade official, you will kill him if you tell him to. What else do you have to fear?

Without thinking too much, all the soldiers in Zhenwu Camp were thinking about were the best in labor and management, who else was there in the guards, and who else was as awesome as them.

Military households in the Ming Dynasty were miserable. Even though military households were holding the iron rice bowl of the imperial court, now, not only is this iron rice bowl no longer favourable, but it has become a burden.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, prices were always calculated in kind. Whether officials or soldiers, their salaries were paid based on the amount of rice grain.

It was only during the Yongle period that Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, built the city of Beijing aggressively and carried out several northern expeditions, which put huge financial pressure on the court. So some smart people came up with ways to distribute salaries and use overseas treasures such as spices and ivory. Methods such as salary deductions are actually a disguised form of compressing salary expenditures.

But no matter how it changes, the method of physical measurement has not changed, it is just a slight modification.

The treatment of military households was very good at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China. There was no problem of not having enough to eat, and the treatment was even better than that of civilian households.

It's just that after two hundred years of world peace, the domestic economy has developed rapidly, and things have naturally changed with the passage of time.

The salary of the Ming Dynasty has not changed at all in the past two hundred years. The amount of rice grain given when the country was founded is still given today.

If payment in kind continues, although the living standards of military households will not improve, at least they will not go back too far.

However, under the policy of salary reduction, soldiers' salaries not only did not increase but decreased.

Now, not to mention the income of farmers, ordinary people working in the city can still have three or four taels of silver left after paying taxes and duties every year.

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

Therefore, being a soldier these days is not as good as going to the city and selling your strength to make more money.

I have been living hard for too long, and now I suddenly realize that if I do this, I can change a lot of things.

Especially the Duke of Wei, Xu Pengju, who was surrounded by them in the courtyard, and the Minister of War, Zhang Hao, were so frightened that they turned pale.

There was also Huang Maoguan, who used to be arrogant in their military camp and didn't take them seriously at all. He might have injured his leg when he climbed over the wall, but he was quickly caught by the soldiers who came over.

At first, Huang Maoguan put on an official air, but after being beaten 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 only after someone found the memorial he was writing in Huang Maoguan's palace. Although most of the soldiers were illiterate, there were some who could recognize some words.

The literate soldiers looked at the memorial, and even Meng Daicai quickly understood the content of the memorial. He was immediately furious and cursed Huang Maoguan, a dog official, for nothing.

In the memorial, Huang Maoguan, perhaps because he wanted to take revenge on Zhenwu Camp, actually petitioned to banish those who had wives and children. That is, regardless of whether the soldiers had families or not, the soldiers would be paid six dou of food per month.

After the news came, the soldiers surrounding Huang Maoguan immediately took action. They ignored Huang Maoguan's plea for mercy and beat Huang Maoguan to death.

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

Such behavior was naturally seen by the spies sent by various families in Nanjing. When Huang Maoguan's body was clearly seen, he was shocked. No one expected that these soldiers actually beat to death a dignified third-rank official of the imperial court and left his body naked. show to the public.

It's just that Wei Guangde hasn't received the news yet, and he has reined in his horse and blocked the path forward of the Zhenwu Camp sergeant.

His loud shout just now was naturally heard by the soldiers on the opposite side. At this time, the soldiers in front were all shocked.

It would be a lie to say that I am not afraid. In the excitement, I forgot what they were doing. Now when the official on the opposite side reminded me, all the sergeants realized that what they had just done was to kill an official and rebel. In the courtyard of the Office of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he coerced Xu Pengju, Duke of Wei, and Zhang Hao, Minister of War.

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

What Wei Guangde said was quickly transmitted back through the mouths of the soldiers in front. The leading soldiers behind quickly also knew what was happening in the front. In fact, some of them were aware of the danger at this time. What they did After Huang Maoguan was beaten to death, his son lost control.

But at this time, they had no choice. After all, they were just a soldier, and they couldn't think of a solution at the moment.

So while they assigned two people to go back to the military camp to find their superior officer, they also dispersed their manpower to greet the soldiers in Zhenwu Camp and try to control the situation as much as possible.

They had just received the news that after knowing that the rebels had killed Huang Maoguan, those generals who had returned to the barracks had collectively fled the barracks and disappeared.

Obviously, they are unwilling and afraid to contact them. Their identity 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 destroyed by overwhelming force.

Now several people here discussed together for a while and then ran to the front, and the soldiers consciously made way for them.

Wei Guangde was in a nervous mood at this time, worried that the soldiers would swarm up to capture him, and he would be used as a hostage to negotiate with the court, so he was always on guard and ready to run away at any time. This was also the reason why he did not let others follow him. They had no horses, so they might as well He runs fast.

Wei Guangde, who had been on the battlefield, was trying his best to exude what he thought was a bastard spirit at this moment, hoping to suppress this group of rebels, although he didn't know whether he had that murderous spirit.

Suddenly, Wei Guangde saw a commotion in the crowd opposite, and then they separated to the left and right, and a few soldiers wearing ordinary Ming army jackets walked out. His brows frowned slightly, and then they quickly relaxed. He had already guessed who was opposite.

The few people who came forward did not say anything. They just cupped their fists at Wei Guangde and said, "Sir, we have been deprived of military pay by the dog officer named Huang, and wantonly defaulted on military pay. We are all people who have to support our families, and there is really nothing we can do today." That’s why I made such a bad move, and I hope you’ll forgive me.”

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

As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed that the expressions of the people opposite him changed slightly. One of them, who looked a little more honest, said, "Master Huang fell and injured his leg when he climbed over the wall. Later, later..."

As they talked, Wei Guangde noticed that the faces of those people were getting more and more ugly. He knew that Huang Maoguan was probably beaten to death by them. This matter would be difficult to handle, and how to escape from it would be troublesome.

However, Wei Guangde rolled his eyes, and then loudly answered without waiting for the loyal soldier to tell the details: "I know, Mr. Huang accidentally fell to death when he climbed over the wall. This naturally has nothing to do with you, please hurry up Go back to the military camp quickly and wait for the court's order. You are not allowed to go to the streets to cause trouble without an order."

Unexpectedly, the dog officer on the opposite side spoke like this. The soldiers were all stunned, but then they were all ecstatic.

Finally, we found a way. This was what the officials in the imperial court said. They just used it as an excuse to hide this event, although everyone knew it was a trick to fool people.

"Yeah."

"That's what my lord said."

After a while of echoing, one of them said: "Master Wei, please make the decision for us. We will return to the military camp to wait for the news. Please be sure to report to the superior. If we can't get our military pay, our family will starve to death." .”

Before this man spoke, he had made eye contact with several other people, so it was not considered that he had agreed without authorization.

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

When people heard that Huang Maoguan had been beaten to death by someone who didn't know who the dog was, they rushed to the scene and said it was too late.

Xu Pengju and Zhang Hao also took the opportunity to run away from the office and fled for their lives together with Li Tingzhu who had just arrived at the primary school.

And these people were anxious after hearing about this. While they were rushing to gather their troops to prevent the people from Zhenwu Camp from getting separated and causing a bigger trouble, they also sent people to chase Xu Pengju and others, hoping to capture them. They were used as hostages, which is why this encounter happened.

Unexpectedly, Lord Wei Guangde on the opposite side found a reason for them. Well, he was absolutely right. Huang Maoguan fell to death by himself and had nothing to do with them.

They just found Huang Maoguan's body and punched and kicked him a few times to vent their anger. Their original intention was to discuss the arrears of military pay with Huang Maoguan, and they did not want to cause such a misunderstanding.

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

Only at this moment did Wei Guangde let out a sigh of relief, and the test was over.

And on several streets near the small school field, things similar to Wei Guangde's were happening at this time.

Sincerity Bo Liu Shiyan also received Huang Maoguan's note asking for help. After all, Liu Shiyan, like Xu Pengju and Li Tingzhu, is one of the few military commanders with military power in Nanjing. The soldiers are inherently afraid of such people and know what to do. obey orders.

Facing the Zhenwu Camp soldiers coming from the opposite street, they reacted a little slowly. Liu Shiyan's team was quickly blocked. At this time, it was too late to turn around and escape.

Liu Shiyan was worthy of being a general leading troops. He didn't panic when he saw such a scene. Even though the opposite side was full of armored soldiers, the dozens of guards on his side were also good and better equipped. So when he got to the front, he faced Those rebel soldiers shouted: "If you rebel, kill me immediately. When the army arrives, I will kill you all!"

Under Liu Shiyan's aggressive momentum, he actually succeeded in scaring off the rebels.

At this time, Wei Guangde immediately turned his horse and ran back after successfully driving back the rebels in Zhenwu Camp, and soon returned to the Nanjing garrison.

When he arrived here, Wei Guangde saw that the previous guards had been assigned to guard the streets. There were several sedans parked outside the garrison. Apparently, in addition to Xu Pengju, Zhang Hao and Li Tingzhu, there were also Nanjing officials summoned here.

Also, the Wei Guogong Mansion and the Guards Mansion are located in the center of Nanjing, next to the imperial palace, surrounded by dignitaries and the six yamen of Nanjing. It is really convenient to find people.

After Wei Guangde dismounted, he stepped inside and no one at the door came to stop him. After all, Wei Guangde was wearing official uniform.

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

Seeing Wei Guangde come in, Zhang Ji breathed a sigh of relief.

When Wei Guangde wanted to turn his horse back, Zhang Ji wanted to follow him, but Wei Guangde stopped him and asked him to lead people to follow Xu Sheng back first.

Now seeing Wei Guangde escape completely, I couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised.

When Wei Guangde approached the garrison hall, he heard Xu Pengju inside shouting orders: "Instruct all the guards in the capital camp to dispatch immediately and surround the small school field on all sides. Don't let the people from Zhenwu camp rush out."

When Wei Guangde heard what his father-in-law said outside, he couldn't help but curl his lips, what were you doing earlier?

Such an order was given just now. It is estimated that the other guardsmen and horses are not ready. Besides, the people from Zhenwu Camp have been called back by him, so there won't be any more trouble today.

But thinking about it, Wei Guangde was still curious about how his father-in-law and the others escaped. Didn't they say they were kidnapped by the rebels?

In those days, it was naturally impossible for Wei Guangde to ask those people opposite him how his father-in-law escaped from your hands. That was something only a fool would do.

The garrison hall is where the Nanjing garrison handles official business and issues orders. Wei Guangde is an imperial envoy, but he is not an imperial envoy who comes to Nanjing on official business, so he cannot walk in directly. Instead, he waved to Xu Sheng, called people aside and asked in a low voice.

Soon, Wei Guangde found out what happened to Xu Pengju and Zhang Hao in the Ministry of Household Affairs Office. They were really kidnapped by the rebels. When the rebels went to hunt down the fleeing Huang Maoguan, Xu Pengju had stepped in to stop him. However, his actions had resulted in It's a row of gun heads.

There was even a rebel soldier who hit the black gauze on his head with the barrel of a gun, and then used a spear to hold his black gauze and forced him to retreat. When Xu Pengju saw that the situation was unfavorable and chose to settle the matter, the soldier even cursed frivolously. : "Grass bag."

Xu Sheng didn't think it was anything. At that moment, he couldn't conflict with the rebels. After all, they were few in number.

Even if the guards in Duke Wei's palace are all highly skilled in martial arts, they will suffer heavy losses in a real fight against soldiers who have been trained in battle formations.

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

Doesn't this nickname come from this?