the next day.
In Daliang City, nearly a hundred people, headed by Zhang Erhu, gathered and crowded around the capital to demand pay. Their act of asking for pay also attracted other soldiers who had also not received pay to join the group asking for pay.
By the morning of the third day, there were already 5,000 people in the queue!
One-fifth of the 5,000-strong soldiers in Daliang City began to make a fuss over pay, and as the pay dispute expanded, more and more soldiers joined in, directly causing an uproar in the entire Daliang City.
But until then, seeing that the situation was out of control, the highest level of the Daliang City garrison finally came forward. The garrison general Wu Ke wanted to let everyone disperse first, saying that they would definitely be compensated in the end, but the soldiers did not Silly, of course he didn't believe his lies, so he directly surrounded his garrison and refused to leave even if he didn't pay him.
The situation has reached its most tense moment.
Guard the mansion.
"Damn it, how could things get so big! What went wrong?
Why are so many people involved? "
Wu Ke walked back and forth in the lobby with his hands behind his back, questioning other people in the hall with an angry face.
At this moment, in the garrison mansion, all the senior generals of the Daliang City garrison were here. When they heard Wu Ke's words, they all lowered their heads and no one said a word.
Wu Ke suddenly became furious and shouted: "Still pretending to be silent here! How to solve the problem now that it is such a big deal?
If we don't think of a solution, no one can escape from what we are doing today. If those big-headed soldiers go crazy, we will all die here!
Now tell me what's going on?
Why didn't those low-level big-headed soldiers get even a penny of silver?
At this time, perhaps feeling the seriousness of the situation, someone said: "Master, there may be a problem with the deduction ratio this year."
Wu Ke immediately looked over and asked, "How much did you take?"
It is common for the frontier army to deduct military pay. Basically, you will get a little bit of the oil in the hands, but everyone has a tacit understanding. In the end, the big head loves you and you get at least half of it, so that they can avoid making trouble.
But now I don't even have a penny. It seems that something went wrong. The most likely thing is that someone took more than they should have.
But what Wu Ke never expected was that the military commander's next words would actually involve him.
"Master Guards, as soon as the food and salary arrived, we found that only half of it was received. The Guards House took the money according to previous years, and immediately took another half.
Then the people below followed suit, and when they reached the bottom brigade level, they saw that there were only so many left, so they simply stopped giving them away.
This led to what happened now. "
"What! The military pay for us has been reduced by half!"
Wu Ke was so shocked that he couldn't speak. After turning around, he immediately went to find the quartermaster who was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue's payment and asked:
"Why didn't you tell me that this year's military pay was reduced by half?!"
The quartermaster suddenly felt aggrieved and said:
"Lord Guard, it was you who said that if the payer comes, no matter what, get the pay first.
You didn’t see the appearance of someone coming from the Ministry of Finance this time. He said arrogantly that we are eating for free this year. Even half of this he wants to take back part of it. If the general hadn’t acted quickly, he wouldn’t even have half. . "
boom!
Wu Ke slapped the table hard and said angrily: "It's too much to bully others!"
But then he turned around and shouted angrily at the idle young man: "You know that this year's military academy is half less, so why do you still take the same amount as in previous years? Don't you know how to take less, in proportion?"
He understood that one of the problems was the lack of military pay, and the other was his brother-in-law.
This careless young man was his brother-in-law Hemu. In the past, he was asked to get the share of the garrison. However, he did not expect that even though he knew that his military pay had been reduced by half, he would still get the usual amount of money. , which led to the following imitating the same example, and in the end, the captain level directly wrapped up the rest!
Hearing Wu Ke scolding him, Hemu immediately quit. He stood up dissatisfied and said: "Brother-in-law, you can't blame me for this. My sister wants to buy so many jewelry, and you have to go to Shangguan. If I get less, then Where is enough?
Besides, it’s not like you don’t know that I’ve recently made love with Xiao Taohong from Tianxiang Tower, and I still have to redeem him. If I take it in proportion, let alone redeem Xiao Taohong, even my sister’s jewelry money this year is not enough. How can I get it proportionately? !
I'm doing this all for your own good! "
Everyone in the hall twitched at the corners of their mouths when they heard the shocking words. Wu Ke himself was even more shocked and speechless.
He pointed his finger at his brother-in-law who didn't realize his mistake at all and was speechless for a long time.
In the end, was it still my fault for co-writing?
Is it for his own good?
After being stunned for a long time, Wu Ke finally recovered from the shock and suddenly became furious. In anger, he directly picked up the chair next to him and smashed it at his brother-in-law!
"You bastard, you made a lot of lies, and you even put the blame on me. I'll fucking kill you!"
Seeing his brother-in-law getting angry, Hemu hurriedly ran out in panic: "Brother-in-law, you have to calm down! My sister is the only younger brother like me. If you hurt me, my sister will not let you have an easy time!"
Wu Ke suddenly became furious, he wouldn't let me have an easy time! I won’t make it easy for her!
If you cause me so much trouble, I will divorce my wife!
Seeing that Wu Ke was about to chase him out, several people immediately came up to stop him and persuaded Wu Ke to return to his chair.
Looking at the subordinates who were blocking him from going out and feeling the strength in their hands, Wu Ke suddenly sneered and followed them back to his position without struggling.
After sitting down, he looked at the people who were all looking at him. After thinking for a while, he said: "The plan for now is to get them all dispersed first."
"Lord Guard, how should we let them disperse?"
Wu Ke looked at the crowd and said word by word: "Give them military pay, give them enough!"
Everyone immediately looked at each other.
The hall suddenly fell silent.
When Wu Ke saw it, he immediately sneered and said, "What? Can't bear to leave?"
Then his face suddenly changed and he shouted angrily:
"Is it possible that you have to wait until the big-headed soldiers outside who are willing to sacrifice their lives for money have their knives put to your neck before you regret it?
Now that the situation is like this, the court will definitely know that when the time comes to hold people accountable, no one can escape.
If we don’t resolve this matter, if we don’t protect our lives, the armor you are wearing will definitely not be saved. Then all of you can go home and plant soybeans! "
At this time, someone finally said weakly: "But Lord Guard, not only have some of the money been spent, but even if it has not been spent, we only got half, and the court only allocated half, and we have the rest." Where are you going to get it to them?”
Wu Ke said coldly: "Those big soldiers won't care about you. If you don't have enough, you can make up for it yourself. You can make up twice as much as you take. Your income is not just military pay. Don't tell me that you can't pay it."
If you want to keep your current position of power, you have to pay what you have to.
In addition, I heard that the person named Zhang Erhu took the lead in this incident. After the incident subsided, I found an opportunity to resettle him. "
When he said the words "arranged", Wu Ke emphasized his tone and scratched his neck with his hand, and everyone nodded in understanding.
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(End of chapter)
