Late at night on the second day of August in the second year of Tianqi, in the living room of the Protector's residence, the whale oil wall lamp was burning brightly.
Liu Zhaosun urgently summoned seven people, Kang Yingqian, Wu Xiao, Yang Hao, Sun Chuanting, Shen Lian, Deng Changxiong, and Qiao Yiqi, to discuss how to deal with the Shaanxi civil uprising.
In the spring of the second year of Tianqi, the situation in northern Shaanxi further deteriorated. The bandits broke through Mizhi and penetrated into central Shaanxi, southern Shaanxi and other places. Even the bandits in neighboring provinces Shanxi and Henan began to respond.
Based on the intelligence gathered from all parties, Liu Zhaosun gradually gained a clear understanding of the bandits who had caused trouble in most of Shaanxi.
First of all, in the first year of Chongzhen, Zhang Yao, the magistrate of Chengcheng County, was very cruel to the police, and the people could not bear the poison, so Bai Er gathered a crowd to rebel.
After Bai Er, hungry people and hungry troops in various parts of Shaanxi took action upon hearing the news.
Wang Jiayin of Fugu County led Yang Liu, Bu Zhanni and other bandit leaders to rob rich people, gather refugees, break through Yijun County, release the prisoners, and then went south to join Wang Er of Baishui County. The number reached more than 20,000 and gathered in Yan'an. , Huanglong Mountain in Qingyang area, dealing with the Shaanxi border army.
Wang Daliang, a native of Hannan, took the opportunity to revolt. He had eight hundred people under his command and called himself King Daliang. In August of the second year of Tianqi, he gathered more than 3,000 farmers from Chengxian and Liangdang, conquered Lueyang, Shaanxi, and approached Hanzhong Prefecture, echoing the She Chong Ming remnants in Guangyuan, Nanjiang and other places.
Dian Dengzi, whose original name was Zhao Sheng, also known as Zhao Si'er, was originally a scholar in Qingjian County. He stayed in the petroleum temple in this county to study hard and prepare for the provincial examination next year. He did not want to be falsely accused by his enemies of "intending to imitate Huang Chao and writing military books to rebel." ," and then there were rumors that the government was arresting him. Zhao Sheng could not understand himself and was worried about being falsely accused and imprisoned. He was finally forced to go to Liangshan and led the hungry people in his hometown to rebel.
In October of the first year of Tianqi, there was a four-year shortage of wages in the Yanxi area of northern Shaanxi. The fields within the territory were "as far as the eye could see, yellow sand, and nothing was produced."
Food was as expensive as pearls. The soldiers who were owed military pay had no choice but to rebel under the leadership of Shen Yiyuan. More than 3,000 soldiers from each fort joined.
The rebels captured Xin'anbian, Ningsaiying, and Liushujian, killed sentry officer Chen Sanhuai, captured general Wang Dou, and occupied Baoan Prefecture.
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"Even Baoan Prefecture General Wang Dou was captured by the bandits. First it was Wendeng Sentinel Chen Xin, and now it's Wang Dou. Who is next?"
Liu Zhaosun threw a thick stack of information on the desk, suppressed the anger in his heart, picked up the tea and drank it all.
Everyone picked up the intelligence collected and sent from all over Shaanxi. After reading it, they were all dumbfounded.
If it weren't for the Capricorn Guards leaving a team of sentinels in Shaanxi, the capital might not even know that cannibalism has begun around Xi'an Fucheng.
"Hu Tingyan is really abominable, and there is Wu Yangyu. One is old and dim, the other is in a high position, both of them are indifferent. Such a big disaster happened in Shaanxi, but it took two or three years to report it!"
Kang Yingqian dropped the secret report sent by the coir raincoat guard and ignored the fact that the Protector was still drinking tea nearby. He hit the table with his palm, which frightened Liu Zhaosun and almost dropped the teacup in his hand.
Liu Zhaosun had never seen Kang Yingqian so angry. Based on his understanding of Lao Kang's character, he should not be angry because of the corrupt officials in Shaanxi.
Kang Yingqian's beard trembled, and everyone was quite surprised.
Of course, Kang Jianjun was not angry with Hu Tingyan. He and Hu Tingyan were not at odds with each other. He was well aware of all the ways of officialdom in Shaanxi. It was normal to deceive the superiors and conceal the subordinates. There was nothing unusual about it.
What made Lao Kang furious was Wu Zhiwang, the governor of Shaanxi.
Wu Zhiwang, named Shuqing and named Yangxuan, was a Jinshi in the 17th year of Wanli, three years earlier than Kang Yingqian.
In the forty-sixth year of Wanli, he was promoted to Shaoqing of Taipu Temple, and later to Shaoqing of Taichang Temple.
In March of that year, the situation in Liaodong was severe, so Wu Zhi looked out to the sea and built troops to prepare the road.
In the first year of Chongzhen, because he was "proficient in border affairs and superior to others", he served as the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the minister of the Ministry of War. He was the governor of the military affairs of the three sides of Shaanxi (Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia) and was stationed in Guyuan.
In other words, the current governor of Sanshan was a colleague of Kang Yingqian in the forty-sixth year of Wanli, because the latter was also preparing troops in Haizhou at that time.
With the same origin and the same official position, in the original history, these two feudal officials were almost the same, with the Battle of Sarhu as the boundary, but their subsequent development trajectories turned out to be very different.
In the original history, Wu Zhiwang was promoted to the governor of Shaanxi, and was honored as a feudal official. However, Kang Yingqian was demoted despite being lucky enough to survive the defeat in Saarhu.
Although Emperor Tianqi did not continue to pursue the case, Lao Kang's career was interrupted until he finally died in depression.
When Kang Yingqian was in Sarhu, he wanted to understand that when he was sent to supervise the army, it was the villain Wu Zhiwang who was behind the trouble. Otherwise, it would be this villain who died in the battle with Liu Wei at Abdaligao.
Although fate met, he came out of the blood sea of Sarhu Corpse Mountain and became an important minister of the Protector. However, Kang Yingqian gritted his teeth with hatred when he thought of Wu Zhiwang's conspiracy back then.
Now, the chance for revenge has finally arrived.
"In the year when the bells are ringing, the body is impotent and unkind, and I am just trying to get rid of the blame! I sit back and watch the bandits rampant, so that today Shaanxi cannot do anything! This Wu Zhiwang is really shameless, and now he still has the nerve to ask the capital for help?!"
Kang Yingqian was upright and scolded endlessly.
Because he spoke too hastily, he couldn't catch his breath and almost fainted. Qiao Yiqi quickly stepped forward to pat his back and handed him a cup of hot tea.
Lao Kang pushed away the tea cup and continued to curse:
"Greed is so easy, law and order are broken, and thieves are rogue in the Three Qin Dynasty, attacking the chief of the pavilion, and killing the chief officials. The hope of martial arts cannot be restrained! The protector of the country must be aware of this, and he must immediately send an edict to arrest this thief and escort him to The capital, I will execute you late to serve as a warning to others! Let those corrupt officials in Shaanxi see the consequences of neglecting their duties and deceiving superiors and subordinates!"
Liu Zhaosun didn't know that the two of them still had this holiday. He was moved by this impassioned speech and said with slightly red eyes:
"Kang Supervisor Army takes care of the Three Qin Dynasties and cares about the common people, which is commendable. I am very grateful..."
"Ahem!"
Before Lord Protector finished speaking, Yang Hao coughed twice, interrupting his son-in-law's emotion.
Liu Zhaosun realized that another fight was about to happen.
"Kang Jianjun's words are wrong. The corruption of Qin's affairs cannot happen overnight, and cannot be controlled by three or two governors. Qin is surrounded by borders on three sides, and military expenditures are huge. Last year, 1.5 million military pay was not paid, but this year the border The salary increased to 2.4 million. King Qin, King Han, King Su, and King Qing also provided supplies. Since the forty-sixth year of Wanli, there had been famine for many years, and sons and daughters were sold. During the Jiajing period, Liang Cai, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, reported: "Shaanxi The three towns are supplied to the outside and the four kings are supplied to the inside. The people are extremely poor. "However, the imperial court has always ignored it, which is why today's disaster happened."
Yang Hao had done the Liaodong economic strategy and was the second minister of the cabinet, but his level was different. He could get to the point of the problem in just a few sentences.
In fact, Yang Hao didn't look down on people like Kang Yingqian at all. When he was in Liaodong, Kang Yingqian was just a supervisor in the East Route Army and a subordinate of his subordinates.
In just a few years, this man relied on his magic skills and his emery to gradually become his son-in-law's confidant. It's really ridiculous!
Come and try it quickly. 】
"Shaanxi is the weak point of our government. There are mixed good and bad officials in Shaanxi. This is nothing new. The county officials in northern Shaanxi are rotten. Who knows here? Ordinary Kejia will never want to work here. Most of them are old Ming Jing. Humanoids are not even as good as Liaodong. So don’t expect too much from this group of people!"
Everyone was silent.
"Kang Supervisor Army must not dethrone the official for personal reasons. I don't know the grudge between you and Wu Zhiwang. If you want to borrow a sword to kill someone, you must first ask the owner of the sword. At present, there is chaos in Shaanxi, and Wu Zhiwang is a great scholar in Guanzhong, and people's hearts are like it. At the moment, he is the only one who can coordinate the overall situation. You know nothing about the situation in Shaanxi, and you want to kill important ministers. Do you want to force the officials to surrender to the thieves?"
"Duke Protector, I would like to request that Kang Yingqian beheaded in order to eliminate the will of this rebellious minister and traitor!"
Liu Zhaosun listened attentively to his father-in-law's words. He chuckled, waved his hands and said:
"Hahaha, I'm serious. I, Kaiyuan Army, always speak freely. Yang Shoufu doesn't need to be angry."
Kang Yingqian was so angry that his beard trembled and he pointed at Yang Hao with trembling fingers. He was speechless for a long time.
Zhang Yan is about to give birth, and the boy she will give birth to will most likely be the future Duke Protector or the Crown Prince.
A mother is more valuable than a son, and Lao Kang is the godfather of Mrs. Gaoming and a confidant of the Protector of the Country.
Therefore, there were many officials in the capital who supported Kang Yingqian, which made Lao Kang think that he had the capital to challenge Yang Hao.
Unexpectedly, Yang Hao took control of his life as soon as he took action.
Liu Zhaosun's biggest taboo is being taken advantage of.
Kang Yingqian was about to refute, but was interrupted by the Protector.
"Today I will only talk about the military affairs and nothing else."
The topic the Lord Protector called everyone here to discuss today was: "Whether to send troops to Shaanxi", and he did not want to watch Kang Yingqian and Yang Hao fight anymore.
Seeing that everyone already understood the situation in Shaanxi, he didn't talk nonsense and went straight to the point:
"Hu Tingyan, Yue He, and Wu Zhiwang, I can decide for myself who is the traitor or the loyal. Right now, war is raging in Shaanxi, and all lives are in ruins! I am heartbroken!"
"The Kaiyuan Army is stationed in Japan, Korea, Liaodong, Shandong, Chengdu and other places, but its troops are really stretched thin. The mountains and rivers situation in Qin is not comparable to that of Chengdu, Liaodong. There are not enough troops to send, and there are not enough troops to send. I have called you here today. I want you to tell me what to do?"
The paper finally could not contain the fire, and the impeachment between the two governors of Xi'an Yansui began to intensify.
Hu Tingyan accused Yue He, the governor of Yansui, for conniving at the chaos in the border troops and selling artillery armor to the rebels. However, Yue He counterattacked, saying that the civil uprising in northern Shaanxi was due to the appeasement and connivance of Xi'an officials, which led to the rampage of local bandits in Shaanxi and gradually became a prairie fire. potential.
The Protector was not in the mood to listen to their nonsense. Seeing that the disease was gradually becoming a serious problem for his elbows and armpits, he wished he could cut them into pieces.
After the Battle of Saerhu, the Ming Dynasty was like a boiling cauldron.
Just after the troubles of establishing slaves, the White Lotus Sect emerged, Xu Hongru was finally put down, and She Chongming began to proclaim himself emperor again.
Now it’s Shaanxi’s turn.
Liu Zhaosun was like a fire captain, running around everywhere.
"You all tell me whether you want to send troops and how many troops we will send?"
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