After Zhang Yue arrived at Yan'an Prefecture, he met with the gentry of Yan'an Prefecture through the introduction of the Li Zhe tribe. After some pleasantries, he asked these gentry: "You must have heard the news about our coming. .”
"Gong Li of Guanglu Temple has sent a letter, saying that he has brought a huge sum of three million taels to bring peace. When we heard about it, we all felt grateful for the emperor's kindness and sighed that our hometown will be safe!"
The wealthy gentleman Han Weihui said with a smile.
At the same time, the wealthy gentleman Sun Yi also laughed and said: "Yes, recruiting people to be safe is actually good governance! It shows that our emperor is as kind as heaven!"
Zhang Yue said at this time: "I believe you can contact the bandit leaders such as the Sky Monkey who are causing trouble in this area?"
"Of course we can be contacted. They will also send people to contact us, saying that they are just rebelling because of harsh government, and they really want to be recruited by the government, so they ask us to help spread the word to the government."
"It's just that I don't know how you plan to divide this investment money?"
After Han Weihui said this, he smiled and asked Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue asked, "Then how do you want to divide it?"
Sun Yi couldn't help but look at the other Jin gentry for a few times, then he stood up and said: "Twenty-eight percent! The male is 20 percent, and we are 80 percent!"
Zhang Yue, who was about to drink tea, couldn't help but stop the tea cup in his hand, glanced at these local gentry with hidden eyes, and then laughed and said: "You have got too much! I can't give this to you." Gensuke explains."
"Not much more. This bandit riot has caused heavy losses to the people of this village. Wanwangbutang is considerate."
At this time, Han Weihui said with a smile.
Zhang Yue chuckled: "I am willing to be considerate of all the local sages, but as for Yuan Fu, besides, the rogue bandits are causing chaos in your hometown!"
"Sanqi!"
"If the ministry wants to ask for more, it can be done in the name of recruiting people to be safe, and the prefectures, prefectures, and counties can be ordered to recruit and safe all the bandits within their jurisdiction within a time limit, so that they can accuse good people of being bandits and seize their property."
Sun Yi and Han Weihui looked at each other, said something, and then came up with an idea to expand their interests.
Peng!
Zhang Yue suddenly threw the tea cup at the first place: "Is this a corrupt official who only knows how to bully the people?!"
The faces of these wealthy gentry changed immediately.
But while Zhang Yue was speaking, he suddenly put his hands behind his back and sighed: "That's fine, 37 is 37, but there is no room for error in recruiting people!"
"Of course we don't dare to ruin the ministry's affairs."
After Han Weihui and Sun Yi's expressions softened, they hurriedly raised their hands and said something.
Then, Han Weihui took the initiative and said: "Please don't ruin our affairs, sir. Although we eat more, there is still a benefit from Tielinghou."
After hearing this, Zhang Yue suddenly turned around and glanced at Han Weihui.
Han Weihui was very calm, then stood up and personally brought a glass of wine to Zhang Yue, and said with a smile: "The country people are suppressing the anger of the ministry, please calm down the anger of the ministry."
A few days after Zhang Yue met with these wealthy gentry, the largest bandit force in Yan'an Prefecture, Channeling Sky Monkey, sent people to Yan'an Prefecture to contact Zhang Yue and expressed his acceptance of recruitment.
Zhang Yue wrote a letter in his own handwriting, asking him to come to the school grounds in Yan'an Prefecture to receive money, food, land, and a pardon document. He also requested that he not bring weapons or weapons.
"Without a weapon, Kagast?"
After receiving Zhang Yue's letter, Sky Monkey asked Liu Jinghe, the military advisor who contacted him on behalf of the powerful gentry.
When people rebel, they often use other names instead of their original names in order not to implicate their relatives.
Therefore, there are various names such as the Eight Great Kings, Sai Rengui, and Chuang King in history.
Here, Sky Monkey is also a pseudonym obtained by the bandit leader to cover up his real name.
Liu Jinghe said: "This is the rule for officers and soldiers to receive pay. What I'm afraid of is that you will directly use your troops to rob them and not accept the recruitment."
"Who doesn't want to be recruited?"
"If you have the money and food to survive the famine years, and the land to build a family business, and you can marry a wife to continue your family life, and return to the clan, who would be willing to remain anonymous and become a bandit?"
"These officials are so cowardly! No wonder our brothers followed your orders
When we went to fight Mizhi, the county magistrate of Mizhi ran to Suidezhou overnight, but in fact we didn't win at all. "
After the Sky Monkey said this, he added: "Well, it's a good thing if officials are timid, but it's the brave ones that are scary!"
With that said, the Flying Sky Monkey said to the leaders under his command:
"Brothers, we will follow Zhang Budang's instructions, remove our armor and stomach, and go to Yan'an Prefecture without weapons to accept recruitment. From now on, we will be honest and serious people. It is better than being wiped out by the government. After all, you have also known it before. Well, except for the help of big families, we still can’t defeat the serious officers and soldiers.”
"Okay! Just listen to big brother!"
"Whatever big brother says is what it is!"
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As a result, more than 30,000 bandits including the Sky Monkey came to Yan'an City.
However, after the Flying Sky Monkeys came to Yan'an Prefecture, Zhang Yue did not arrange to go to the school field to receive their pay directly. Instead, they arranged to live temporarily in the vacant official and military camps near the school field.
Because Zhang Yue had people prepare food for the recruited bandits every day, these bandits were not dissatisfied, and most of them were even satisfied.
Liu Jinghe was a little surprised, so he asked the Sky Monkey: "What do you think is going on with the government? Why don't they give out money and food?"
"Aren't military advisors usually very good at calculations? Why are they stupider than me at this time? It takes time to transport money and food."
"Why worry so much? We can eat meat and wine every day without paying for it. It's good. If the government can entertain us like this every day, we don't need money, food and land, and we still don't want to rebel."
As the Sky Monkey started talking, he patted his newly full belly, walked around in the sun, and even hummed a little tune.
Liu Jinghe gave the Sky Monkey a helpless look, and couldn't help but mutter in a low voice: "What a short-term ambition, it is difficult to achieve great things. They say that the scholar's rebellion will last three years, and these country men are not much better!"
The wealthy gentry in Yan'an Prefecture were also very anxious, especially when they saw these bandits who came to recruit people every day eating the food and money used to recruit people, and they felt very distressed, as if they were spending their own money and food.
[In view of the general environment,
They have indeed regarded this as their money and food, because according to their agreement with Zhang Yue, 70% of the money and food is for them!
Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty's treasury is rich, and the Privy Council has set a very sufficient amount of money and food for recruiting people. In addition, the Ministry of Finance does not dare to waste it. Therefore, Zhang Yue brought a lot of money and food. The mule carts used to transport money and food cost hundreds of millions. A car, this is a piece of fat for the local gentry!
In their view, the imperial court was not so much trying to bring peace to the victims of chaos as it was actually here to bring peace to them, and this should be theirs.
Therefore, after seeing that Zhang Yue did not go back on his word and massacre the bandits who accepted the recruitment in the school grounds as promised, these wealthy gentry came to Zhang Yue to question him because they were angry that they had been deprived of their money and food.
But Zhang Yue directly refused to see them and only asked Li Rusong to take the lead.
Li Rusong said to Han Weihui and other wealthy gentry: "You only think about yourselves, but don't think about the army! What's the matter with just this one group of bandits coming to accept the recruitment? What if the other bandits disappear after the recruitment because of this group of bandits? What should I do if people don’t come to accept recruitment?”
"If the recruitment cannot be completed, what will the superiors think of the department?"
After hearing this, Han Weihui suddenly realized and said: "Understood! We were negligent. Please tell the subordinates that we will do our best to let other bandits accept recruitment!"
