"Wang Erniu, I will receive a reward of three taels and five cents of silver, three bolts of cloth, five catties of salt, and one stone of grain. I will be transferred to the first division!"
"Zhang Changshun received a reward of five taels and eight coins of silver, two bolts of cloth, three catties of salt, and eight dou of grain, and returned to his hometown of Sanyuan County, Dongning Prefecture."
"Li Er, receive a reward of 28 taels of silver, five bolts of cloth, ten catties of salt, and one stone of grain, and be transferred to the third division!"
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, after the military parade, Ye Mingsheng officially announced his disarmament plan. Following Ye Mingsheng's order, such voices rang out in the Fengwu Army camps throughout Liaoyang.
In this chaotic world, many poor people think that serving as a soldier is a good way out, although it is risky, not only can they feed themselves, but they can also earn military pay to support their families.
Especially for a team like the Fengwu Army, military pay is paid out in a timely manner, and the food in the army is also very good. When most people are still eating rice bran and starving, the soldiers can not only have a full meal, but also have a meal every now and then. Meat dishes improve the food supply, so the rice bowl of Fengwu Army is the food that many young and middle-aged people in Liaoyang dream of.
Therefore, laying off so many people at once will inevitably lead to complaints. Although Ye Mingsheng is confident that he can suppress these complaints with his prestige and power in the military.
But in order to reduce these voices and reduce the resistance to disarmament, Ye Mingsheng deliberately chose a suitable time. While announcing the disarmament plan, he also began to reward the soldiers for their merits, allowing these soldiers to bring money, food, salt, cloth and other hard materials. Currency goes home··············
It is the dream of most people to be able to return home in glory no matter when. Therefore, just as Ye Mingsheng planned, many of the laid-off soldiers accepted the arrangement and returned to their place of origin to prepare for production.
Although the soldiers generally accepted the arrangement for the disarmament plan, the local generals could not sit still. They were very angry. What they were angry about was not that Ye Mingsheng favored one over the other and only reduced their troops, but did not reduce Yuan Song, Lin Huaiwu and other Ye The army of Ming Sheng's direct generals.
In order to avoid such rhetoric, Ye Mingsheng basically reduced the number of troops and horses from both sides to be equal. It is possible that Yuan Song, Lin Huaiwu, and Guo Zhiping even reduced the number of troops under their command to be more!
The reason why the local generals are so angry is because their soldiers and horses are fundamentally different from those of Yuan Song, Lin Huaiwu and others!
Whether it is Yuan Song, Lin Huaiwu or Guo Zhiping, their soldiers and horses are from the Fengwu Army. Unlike Ye Mingsheng's soldiers and horses, Ye Mingsheng can command them like an arm without any worries!
Although these local generals surrendered, they are not so much soldiers and horses of the Fengwu Army as their private soldiers. The authority of these local generals comes from the troops in their hands.
Therefore, the disarmament and reorganization plan prepared by Ye Mingsheng this time was equivalent to weakening their authority. Their strength, and their constant connections with several major families, immediately started to complain and prepare to fight back.
In the Xiaobeigang military camp outside Dongning City, thousands of soldiers gathered at the school grounds and shouted excitedly:
"The superiors are f*cking favoring one over the other! Yuan Song and the others only reduced their troops by a few hundred people, but our brothers reduced their numbers by more than a thousand! How come they are both raised by one's own mother and the other by a stepmother in the Fengwu Army?"
"I have been fighting all my life, and I only know how to kill people. Now, what can I do if you send me home? You just want to send me away with such a shabby thing. Ye Mingsheng wants to starve me to death!"
"Brother, we can't return to our place of origin. Ye Mingsheng wants to betray his promise. He wants to liquidate us. When we all go home one by one, he will start to want our lives. We cannot be laid off. We want to supervise the army. Let’s find Ye Mingsheng and see what he has to say!”
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Under the deliberate instigation of these local generals, the emotions of many soldiers were immediately ignited. They held weapons and walked out of the village gate in groups, hoping to rush into the city. However, at this moment, a large number of The Fengwu Army soldiers, led by Lin Huaiwu, surrounded them.
"I transferred without orders. Do you want to rebel?"
When he came to the village gate and looked at the agitated officers and soldiers, Lin Huaiwu, who was riding on a tall horse, waved his whip and reprimanded:
As the scolding sounded, the soldiers and horses brought by Lin Huaiwu immediately set their bows and arrows, aiming their muskets, ready to quell the rebellion at any time.
After hearing Lin Huaiwu's words, these thousands of excited officers and soldiers realized the seriousness of the matter. When they looked at the soldiers with guns and live ammunition outside the camp, a look of fear could not help but appear in their eyes.
Seeing that the officers and soldiers who had finally been mobilized began to panic, Fang Dawei, as the leading figure among the local generals and the main organizer of this operation, stood up and said loudly:
"General Lin and we are not rebelling, but we are actually doubtful about the disarmament and want to go to the Governor's Mansion to ask the Lord Governor in person!"
Lin Huaiwu sneered when he heard what Fang Dawei said. Riding on a tall horse, he raised his whip, pointed at the soldiers beside Fang Dawei and said:
"Why do you bring blunderbuss and swords with you when you go to the Governor's Mansion to meet the Lord Governor? I think you have ulterior motives..."
Fang Dawei was speechless as soon as these words came out. Just when he was racking his brains to think of how to defend himself, Lin Huaiwu suddenly threw out a piece of letter from his arms and said:
"Fang Dawei, the letters between you and Gongsun Heng are here. Do you still want to quibble when you are about to die?"
Looking at the letter in Lin Huaiwu's hand, Fang Dawei immediately panicked, knowing that the conspiracy between him and the Gongsun family had been exposed. Although he was extremely frightened, he had to jump over the wall and shout loudly:
"There's no need to accuse anyone of any crime! Brothers, Ye Mingsheng wants to kill them all...ah!"
Before Fang Dawei finished speaking, he saw Lin Huaiwu clenching his fist with one hand. Just when Fang Dawei was wondering what Lin Huaiwu was doing, a sharp pain suddenly came from the back of his heart, and Fang Dawei instinctively let out a scream.
At this time, one of his soldiers behind Fang Dawei took out a short knife and pierced his back at some point. The knife was fast and accurate, and there was no scream from Dawei behind him. Others struggled and immediately fell softly to the ground.
"Liu Dabiao of the Coordination Office, kill the traitor!" the soldiers who killed Fang Dawei shouted loudly.
Fang Dawei died so suddenly that the other soldiers around him had no time to react. By the time they reacted, Fang Dawei was completely cold. Just when they were thinking about revenge for Fang Dawei, Lin Huaiwu led The soldiers and horses had already swarmed up and shouted:
"The Lord Warlord has an order! Only the first culprit will be killed! If the other troops put down their weapons, they will be innocent!"
Fang Dawei was dead, and the thousands of soldiers and horses who had been mobilized were leaderless. Under the temptation of the slogans and the intimidation of the soldiers in the brigade, they all made a smart choice, laying down their weapons and kneeling on the ground to surrender!
In less than half an hour, Lin Huaiwu completely put down the rebellion in Xiaobeigang Military Camp and took control of the entire military camp.
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Governor's Mansion, study.
Ye Mingsheng was sitting on a chair, slowly sipping tea, while He Jingyun was reporting the situation to him.
"Report to the Governor, General Yuan, to put down the rebellion in Changqing Mansion. The leader of the bandits, Wang Desheng, has been put to death. General Lin Huaiwu has also put down the rebellion in the Xiaobeigang Barracks. The leader of the bandits, Dawei, has been put to death. General Ye Tie has led the troops of the Fifth Division. Ma, entered the Guangning mansion..."
After hearing this, Ye Mingsheng put down his tea cup, nodded with satisfaction and said:
"Very good! Everyone is doing well. Except for Ye Tie's fifth division, the rest of the divisions are continuing with the disarmament plan. They must complete the disarmament plan within a month!"
"Yes!" He Jingyun nodded and said:
Ye Mingsheng, who was in a good mood, dug out the secret information that Huo San of the Coordination Office had personally submitted to him half a month ago. The Cui family, the Yun family, and the Gongsun family had identified this opportunity for disarmament. , wanted to cause a mutiny to embarrass him, so as to increase their bargaining chips at the negotiation table, but they overestimated the degree of unity within them and underestimated the work ability of the Coordination Office.
Not long after they made the plan, Ye Mingsheng got the news, and this became one of the reasons for Ye Mingsheng to dare to take action against the three clans of Liaoyang. Now he has used thunderous means to wipe out the remnants of the local faction. On the one hand, he has strengthened the On the other hand, it also gave Ye Mingsheng’s control over his troops, and on the other hand, a deterrent to the three factions behind the local faction.
After lunch, Ye Mingsheng was about to take a nap, when Qi Dechao hurriedly came to him and said:
"Sir, Cui Shao is here!"
Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly when he heard the news. He knew that Cui Shao would come to him sooner or later, but Cui Shao was more decisive than he thought.
According to the intelligence from the Coordination Office, creating a mutiny was only the first step in Cui Shao's plan. After the mutiny, the Liaoyang Three Clan had several other tricks ready to attack Ye Mingsheng... ····
Unexpectedly, Cui Shao came to the door now. If Ye Mingsheng's prediction was correct, this old fox should have come to ask for peace!
After thinking for a moment, Ye Mingsheng straightened his clothes and walked out the door. He wanted to personally greet his third uncle!
After half a cup of tea, Ye Mingsheng led Qi Dechao and other guards to the gate of his governor's palace. His eyes immediately locked on Cui Shao. Although Cui Shao still looked calm at this time, judging from his demeanor However, Zhongye Mingsheng clearly felt that Cui Shaobi was strategizing a few months ago and felt obviously much older.
Ye Mingsheng, who noticed this detail, walked towards Cui Shao with a smile and said with cupped hands:
"Third uncle, you are here!"
"Well! I heard that your mother moved from Fengzhou, so I came over to have a look!" Cui Shao said lightly;
Hearing Cui Shao's remarks, Ye Mingsheng sneered in his heart. It has been almost two months since his wife, Ye Cui, moved to Dongning. Why didn't you, Cui Shao, come to see you earlier or later, but now?
Although he thought so in his heart, Ye Mingsheng still smiled and said:
"Thank you, Third Uncle, for thinking about me. My mother often misses her uncles and brothers from the Cui family, and she wants to go back and see our ancestors..."
After a few words of greetings, Ye Mingsheng invited Cui Shao into the house. Looking at Ye Mingsheng who went out to greet him with all the courtesy, Cui Shao didn't express anything on the surface, but he nodded slightly in his heart. To be honest, this Whenever he took the initiative to come to the door, he was already prepared to be ignored or rejected.
But Ye Mingsheng's attitude was much better than he imagined. This made Cui Shao feel better emotionally, and at the same time, he was more wary of Ye Mingsheng intellectually. Not everyone can be like this to their political opponents when the two sides are fighting politically. He has a pleasant smile and the spring breeze blows on his face, which further illustrates the depth of Ye Mingsheng's city.
Originally, Mrs. Ye Cui had the habit of taking naps when she was older, but as soon as she heard that her third brother Cui Shao was coming, she felt no longer sleepy and insisted on meeting Cui Shao.
Since the last birthday party for the ancestors of the Cui family, the cousins had not seen each other for another two years. Therefore, there seemed to be endless things to say after this meeting. Even though Mrs. Ye Cui was excited, she also did not forget Ask your natal family how these people are doing.
Although she had some unpleasantness with the Cui family back then, for Mrs. Ye Cui, the Cui family was her natal family after all, the place where she was born and raised, and a place that she could never let go of emotionally... ······
If she hadn't realized that Cui Shao came here to discuss important matters with Ye Mingsheng, Ye Cui would probably have kept Cui Shao talking all afternoon, but even so, Ye Cui had pulled Cui Shao and asked him to do it that evening. Stayed for a meal.
After meeting Mr. Ye Cui and talking about their family relationship, Ye Mingsheng took Cui Shao to his study. After the maid served tea, just when Ye Mingsheng organized his words and was about to speak, Cui Shao over there took a sip of tea and said He looked at Ye Mingsheng and said:
"Mingsheng, if you must reform, we can support your reform!"
Cui Shao's directness and concessions made Ye Mingsheng shocked. He had been making calculations in his mind since he met Cui Shao.
Ye Mingsheng felt that Cui Shao's request for peace should be to offer himself a higher price to make political exchanges with him, prompting him to give up the reform. Unexpectedly, Cui Shao actually directly agreed to the reform. Cui Shao has been a leader from now on. Keep surprising Ye Mingsheng...
This also made Ye Mingsheng a little unclear as to what kind of medicine Cui Shao was selling in the gourd. In his impression, Cui Shao was not someone who gave in and compromised so easily!
Ye Mingsheng pondered for a while and asked tentatively:
"I wonder, third uncle, do you only represent the Cui family this time, or can you represent the Yun family and the Gongsun family?"
