Just when Xu Guogong's mansion was being massacred by Zhang Zhong's troops, in the main hall of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Yu Wenshu was having a tea conversation with Wei Chong, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The surrounding officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs were sitting at attention and listening to the two men's conversation.
Wei Chong put down the tea cup in his hand and said to Yuwen Shu with a smile: "After this major reorganization, the Beijing army can save 60% to 70% of military pay for the imperial court every year. The general has made a huge contribution!"
"What Wei Shangshu said is true!" Yu Wenshu agreed, and said with a hearty smile: "Wei Shangshu, the vacancy inventory and the elimination of the old and the weak have been completed as scheduled. The arrears of military pay from the Ministry of Civil Affairs should be paid, right? The following officers and men We are all waiting for the rice grains to be put into the pot! In addition, we can no longer default on the resettlement expenses for more than 100,000 elderly and weak people. If this continues, I am afraid they will cause a mutiny. "
"The general's worries are actually the saint's worries. The saint discussed with the ministers in the meeting hall yesterday and decided to allocate all the expenses in full." Wei Chong smiled and said: "Currently, we are following the deployment of the troops. The new account books will be calculated one by one, and the general will wait patiently for at most two days, and then the Ministry of Civil Affairs will hand over a lot of money to the Ministry of War, which will pass it on to the general."
"We can afford to wait for three to five days." Yu Wenshu was overjoyed when he heard this and said with a smile: "To be honest, I have been worried these days. Now that the money is secured, I can sleep tonight Let's sleep peacefully. As long as the money is distributed in full, those soldiers who are ready to take action will be convinced. By then, I will be able to reduce the number of troops and achieve twice the result with half the effort."
Wei Chong said: "Recently, these soldiers who have been eliminated are really shameful. They don't understand the difficulties of the court at all! They have the audacity to surround the Binzhou Army barracks. It is really infuriating."
When the officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs heard what the chief said, they all condemned him.
Yu Wenshu watched coldly for a while and followed everyone's words and said: "The thieves have been raging in Guanzhong in recent years. The corpses of those soldiers have been lying around and doing nothing. Now that they have been eliminated by the imperial court, they have the nerve to attack the imperial government offices. It is indeed too much."
Li Ziquan, the left minister, raised his hands to Wei Chong and said: "Shang Shu, King Wei was ordered to rectify the Binzhou army, but he gave the responsibility of rectifying it to Yang Qing, the prince of Hejian. It is for this reason that the bad incident of soldiers rushing into the Yamen occurred. I think this is a derogatory position. They are entirely to blame!"
Yang Wensi, the right servant, answered: "I heard that after King Wei took over the mission, he spent most of his time in the capital. Could it be that he couldn't get away?"
"General, Wei Shangshu, Li Shilang, Yang Shilang!" A doctor from the Ministry of Civil Affairs cupped his hands and said: "The king of Wei is in charge of the shepherd of Liangzhou. Since he is unable to take on the responsibility of both parties, he should know himself. Now the Binzhou Army It’s such a mess, but I heard that those soldiers who caused trouble were not even detained for a low-level job. If you think about it carefully, it is really unbelievable.”
Li Ziquan shook his head: "Many people in the capital say that King Wei is not good at training soldiers, but the sage allows King Wei to take on two roles. Hey, it's really hard to explain..."
"It was rumored that he was a miraculous person before, but now it seems that he is just using dangerous tactics." Yang Wensi said with a smile: "Well, he is a young man after all. Now he has two jobs, so naturally he can't cope with it."
Hearing the officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs criticizing Yang Ji, Yu Wenshu knew in his heart that these people were ordered by Wei Chong to unite to test his attitude. However, although he knew this and had a calm expression on his face, he was happy in his heart. Very beautiful.
Wei Chong's eyes flickered and he thought to himself: Yu Wenshu really didn't have the sincerity to turn enemies into friends. He sent the memorial to the sage and rushed away to the King of Wei.
However, at this moment, a soldier hurriedly broke into the official hall from outside. He was clearly one of Yu Wenshu's personal soldiers. Behind him was an out-of-breath boy. The boy's body was like chaff and he cried: "Master, Something happened, something big happened! A group of rioters rushed into the house, and they slashed and killed everyone they saw!"
Yuwenshu turned around and asked in surprise, "What did you say?"
The boy cried and cried: "Master, my wife asked me to escape from the back door to report the news. Master, please go back to the house and take a look!"
Wei Chong, Li Ziquan, Yang Wensi and others in the hall looked at each other in confusion.
There was no cry of killing in the city, so where did the rebels come from?
"Where did the rebels come from? Where are Huaji and Zhiji? Are they at home?" Yu Wenshu asked urgently.
"Dalang went to Tongzhou Farm early in the morning to collect rent. Sanlang has been in the villa in Lishan these days. They are not in the house." The young man said loudly: "The younger one doesn't know where the rebels came from. He only knows that those The man is wearing the uniform of a Beijing soldier!"
Yuwenshu stood up after hearing the words and was about to say something.
I saw a soldier from the Ministry of Civil Affairs running from outside and said in a deep voice: "Wei Shangshu, the saint sent someone to deliver a message: It is said that Li Anqi, the general of Wannian Army, has rebelled, and the ministers in the imperial city should guard the gates and do not allow anything to happen. Go out. King Ande is now in the capital to suppress the situation, and the soldiers of the Twelve Guards have gone to the four cities to take over the defense!"
Wei Chong stood up suddenly and asked in surprise: "Take over the defense? What's going on? Whose order is this?"
The soldier said: "It was under the orders of General Yunhui Jia Heng. Jia Yunhui held the Emperor's Sword and mobilized the Jinyi Mansion and the Wucheng Army and Horse Department."
"Li Anqi?" Yuwenshu's heart sank to the bottom. He heard that a general named Li Anshi of the Fuping Army had died, and asked someone to send someone to Xianyang to investigate. Is there any connection between the two?
When Wei Chong heard that twenty soldiers had taken over the city defense, he felt relieved. He turned to look at Yuwen Shu and asked, "General Yuwen, you are now the commander-in-chief of the Beijing Army. Do you know what is going on?"
Yu Wenshu saw sweat on his forehead and took a deep breath: "Li Anqi is a ten thousand year old general. Maybe he was dissatisfied with the army and rebelled."
Wei Chong frowned and said: "You shouldn't! Those who should be eliminated from the Wannian Army and Chang'an have already been eliminated. The remaining soldiers will soon become the emperor's personal army. Their status in the future will definitely exceed that of the other twelve armies. The generals of the two armies said that It’s no exaggeration to say that the future is boundless. Li Anqi didn’t rebel before, so why is he rebelling now?”
When Yu Wenshu heard that the rebels had entered the house, his mind was at a loss and his mind was in chaos.
His servant cried again and reminded: "Master, the rebels are hacking and killing in the house, if you don't rescue..."
Yu Wenshu reacted and said anxiously: "Wei Shangshu, I need to go home."
With that said, he walked away.
Wei Chong suddenly remembered something, chased after him, and shouted at Yuwen Shu's back: "General Yuwen, you are the chief executive of the military reform. Now that the Beijing soldiers are rebelling, your first priority at this time is to restrain the Beijing soldiers and To suppress the rebellion, if you put your family first and make the situation worse, I am afraid that the entire Yuwen Mansion will suffer. In my opinion, it is best for your mansion to send more capable generals to suppress the rebellion."
Yuwenshu felt his hands and feet were cold, and he stayed in the courtyard as if he had been struck by thunder.
Wei Chong caught up and said quickly: "General, now there is a big chaos in the Beijing army. You must go to quell the rebellion as soon as possible. If you allow the rebellion to expand to all the military camps, even if you finally quell the rebellion, Otherwise, everyone in your mansion will end up miserable; besides, the Yuwen Mansion at this time...cough, cough, I don’t think so, it’s better to divide the army into two groups, with the general taking charge and sending another trusted general back to the house.”
"Thank you, Wei Shangshu, for reminding me!" Yu Wenshu took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, gritted his teeth, and said tremblingly to the commander of the soldiers on the side: "You, you lead the soldiers to the house to help. "
The commander of the soldiers suggested: "Master, we don't have many people, and we don't know what the situation is in the house now, so why don't we ask the twelve guards to help us."
Anger surged on Yuwenshu's face and he shouted: "Then go quickly!"
"Follow your orders!" The military captain did not dare to say anything, and led a few soldiers and ran out of the Ministry of Civil Affairs office.
Yu Wenshu led several other soldiers out of the Civil Affairs Bureau and headed out on horseback.
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[Li Ziquan was still the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs at this period, and the minister was Wei Chong. The preface was wrong and has been corrected. 】
