In any case, four years of Zhengde passed like this.
Generally speaking, this year has been a bit noisy. At the beginning of the year, the Shaofu made a joke in Huai'an because of the construction of roads between the two capitals, which made Gu Zuo feel bad.
Then Zhang Cong was ordered to leave Ningxia. The Qingtun incident involved the interests and lives of too many people. It lasted for more than half a year and led to a mutiny. Until now, there is no hope of success, forcing the imperial court to send large troops and commanders. Use the sword to kill people.
Zhu Houzhao was regarded as an emperor who had great power in the court, financial resources, and army, but he ended up like this. No wonder most of these reforms in history failed. Some even just started, but they died under random swords. .
It is indeed too difficult.
Although several other military towns are currently under heavy pressure, they have not caused any trouble, but they have not heard of any major progress in Qingtun. Zhu Houzhao estimates that there is still too much resistance, and I am afraid that many people are acting against the will. A middle-level management system When a problem arises, we ask them to reform themselves, but we can't do it in disguise.
Now that it's the Chinese New Year and the weather is not good, other major things except counterinsurgency can be slowed down for the time being.
However, according to Zhu Houzhao's decree, the Beijing camp and Shangzhi personal guards were mobilized according to the original plan. The troops led by Qi Chengtun, Minister of the Ministry of War, were stationed in Yongping. The reason was easy to find. There had been military chaos here, and it was necessary to maintain basic order for the people during the New Year. .
But in fact, it was time to liquidate.
At the beginning, two guards took the initiative to contact the rebels and attacked the officers and soldiers. This was too bad. Although some people saw that the situation was not right and rebelled again, nothing in the world is that cheap.
This is a rebellion.
If something goes wrong, then you immediately turn back. Is there any way to turn back?
Zhu Houzhao asked the cabinet to come up with a solution.
Anyway, it is not appropriate to kill them all. Otherwise, if this kind of thing happens again in the future, no one will betray them. They will definitely betray them to the end.
Therefore, these people will not be beheaded, and their families will not be implicated. However, they can no longer stay in their hometown. They can either go to Lingnan, Gansu, or Hetao to reclaim wasteland. Anyway, you can choose one.
For the Chinese who have relocated to their new home, exile is lighter than beheading.
It turns out that the cabinet also wanted to bring some silver taels seized in Qianxi to the capital. These corrupt officials took away how much money they had. After a chaos broke out, four thousand taels of gold and sixteen taels of silver were found. Thousands of jokes.
Looking at these white coins, I really don't know whether I should be sad that the past administration was too corrupt, or whether I should be satisfied with the great success of counterinsurgency.
First, Tengxiang Zuowei Baihu seized two large boxes, and later found two large boxes in the city. The fact that boxes full of gold were so eye-catching, it is estimated that it has spread throughout Jizhou Town.
Zhu Houzhao was so angry that he laughed out loud during the court discussion, so he said to his ministers: There is so much gold in an inconspicuous small county. Should the military settlement be cleaned up? I wouldn’t have known these people were so rich until I cleaned them up!
However, Zhu Houzhao disagreed with all the money being moved to the capital.
He has three million taels of silver in his internal funds. Although the amount he can save every year has dropped, it is not like the three or four million a year he used to have. The main reason is that the Xunchen Group and some civil servants want to pay dividends, and in the past two years, he has It still cost a lot to accumulate cavalry.
But that's enough.
Besides, Ping Haibo has just entered Beijing.
An emperor cannot be a miser, so what is the purpose of collecting so much money privately? He would rather distribute it to the soldiers and let them continue fighting happily.
According to the imperial edict, the four guards of Tengxiang and the left and right guards of Yanshan had meritorious service in the battle, and Jizhou was determined to be a great meritorious service in the first battle. In addition, it was the Chinese New Year and every soldier could not go home, so Zhu Houzhao gave them a new concept: festival expenses .
The captured silver taels can be converted into about 200,000 taels of silver. There is no need to hand over even one tael, and the officers and soldiers will divide it among them according to a certain proportion.
Just in time to open the eyes of the border troops, what does it mean to be a first-class guard among the direct guards?
The complete and utter darling of the emperor.
According to the basic principle that officers get more and soldiers get less, each soldier of Jizhou's Shangzhi personal guards can get about six taels of silver reward, and the hundreds and thousands of households above are much more. After all, thirty thousand people are divided into twenty Ten thousand taels of silver, a hundred households can get twenty or thirty taels, and a thousand households can get hundreds of taels.
In this way, the six guard posts, from the commanding envoy Qian Hu to the small banner soldiers, no longer mentioned that they would not be in Beijing to celebrate the New Year.
Better yet, do it again next year.
Tengxiang Zuowei's official Zuodong has been promoted to a thousand households, but there are no vacancies in the guard station. The meaning of promotion is to raise the position first and get the money first, and then make specific adjustments after the class teacher returns to the court.
This place in Yongping Mansion was occupied by 30,000 troops.
Yang Shangyi appointed Geng Qi as the special person for the Qing Dynasty. With the help of the direct guards on the Sixth Road, he went to various places to redraw the army's farmland.
With such intensity, no one even caught Ma Bin.
Ha, they are all very honest.
So the arresters were not Jin Yiwei, but another group of people - Yang Shangyi's people.
Mainly the soldiers and their families who participated in the rebellion. No one would dare to cover up such a serious crime of treason. Many families were arrested and their entire families were arrested. Most of the people in the mansion stayed behind closed doors, and all relations with each other stopped. .
As a result, many soldiers of the Imperial Guard had money in their hands but had no place to spend it.
On New Year's Eve, the military camp was on holiday, so Zuodong and his brothers could only run out of the city to the countryside and buy some chickens, ducks and a sheep.
One of them, Chen Datou, was injured by an arrow and was being treated. After the military camp had spread alcohol disinfection, the injuries were not as scary as before. However, this rough and arrogant man was used to it and made a lot of noise. If you want to eat meat and drink wine, this will not work.
In the winter, a pot of fire was raised, and four legs of lamb were roasted. The brothers gathered around four circles, having wine and meat, talking and laughing. Chen Datou was alone on the table eating green vegetables. In fact, it was not bad. He brought some eggs.
"Wow! Boss Zuo, we, Old Chen, can't help it! You can just eat it behind my back, but you have to eat it in front of my eyes to make your mouth full! You have to give me a piece no matter what?"
His companion laughed at him, "Who told you to walk blindly and get pecked by an arrow? Your skills are not good. Who is to blame? If you dare not listen to the military doctor, you will eat it!"
"Why don't you dare? I'm not afraid of him!"
Zuodong ignored him. He cut off a piece of mutton leg meat, his mouth was stuffed, and he glared at him, "Itchy skin?"
The discipline of the Class A guards is extremely strict, and this is also a result of being involved. Otherwise, how would they have combat effectiveness?
He only had two words, and Chen Da Da didn't dare to move his head.
"Hahaha."
It's so nice to have someone who can make fun of you.
"But I really didn't expect the emperor to be so happy this time. The adults above also said that the gold was going to be transported to the capital, but it turned out that the gold was not even transported. If I had known that this was the case, we should have dug three more feet in the ground when we moved to the west. Maybe we can find two more boxes. I knew earlier in the capital that these bird officials were living a good life."
"The emperor is really a heroic man. That gold, tsk tsk tsk, if it were me, Old Song, I would definitely take this thing home and hide it under the covers. I would definitely not take any of it with me."
Zuo Dong was chewing in his mouth with a wanton smile on his face as he watched them brag. Alcohol was prohibited in the military camp, so he just ignored them for one night.
He also finished a bowl himself and said: "There should be a chance. Cleaning up the military camp is like killing these people. I followed him out for a few days. It's really something that can only be done with a knife rest on the neck. Things, so it is impossible to be so stable. Even if Jizhou is suppressed, what about Liaodong? If there are changes in Liaodong, it will probably be us. Further north from Yongping is Shanhaiguan."
When his subordinates heard this, their eyes lit up, "That's a good relationship. If we fight him a few times like this, we will all become rich men! But Liaodong is poor. I don't know if there is so much gold in that place."
"These people are really stupid. They are guarding so much gold, so what if they are in Qingtun? They obviously won't be able to spend it all in a few lifetimes, but now it's better. Their lives are gone, and their money is gone."
Zuo Dong said with a smile: "If they can turn around like this, how can we brothers be promoted and receive rewards?"
"That's it, that's it! This battle was really enjoyable!"
There are also people who graduated from the military academy among the Class A guards. It is true to say that knowledge is power, especially in an era when there were many illiterates. This person was named Jiang Zhun. He said: "My husband has said before that the military garrisons are corrupted, so There is nowhere to get military pay, coupled with official corruption and layer upon layer of exploitation, it is difficult for the soldiers to even have enough to eat, let alone have any combat power. If they get to us, they are not as good as a C-class guard.
This truth is simple and easy to understand, but I just don’t understand why these people led the troops like this. This time it was indeed the case, and the 20,000 rebels dispersed in one fight. So what Zuo Qianhu said is not impossible. If there is any chaos, we can settle it after we go there, and the reward will be huge. "
"It's easy to fight, but you can't underestimate the enemy."
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The place where Da Sima camped.
Qi Chengtun was also discussing with his generals, "After the Chinese New Year, and when the weather is better, we will disperse the six guards and inspect all parts of Jizhou. This is the intention of the imperial edict, and it is also the guarantee of Jizhou." There are no more means of chaos.”
Yang Shangyi nodded, "Oh, the Qingtun incident in Jizhou turned out to be such a big deal."
"General Yang, does he know that the two guards at Zijingguan are one A and one B, and the four guards at Juyong Pass are one A and three B. There are twenty-five personal guards, so there are only ten A-class guards. Except for the two left to guard the imperial city, the rest All the capable people have been sent out. It can be seen that the emperor knows that this matter is not easy, so there is no need to worry too much."
"Ah, why did you send so many?"
Qi Chengtun explained: "The army is patrolling, which is a trivial matter. Once the restraint is not strict, it will be looting, and the military discipline of the A-class guards is the best, so your majesty can rest assured. In this case, there are also Liaodong, Yulin, As for the towns in Shanxi, I don’t know if there will be any problems in these places.”
Anyway, let’s wait until this year passes before we talk about it.
The four years of Zhengde have been so vigorous. He hopes that in the fifth year of Zhengde, these people will be more understanding.
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, after resting for several days, people from all walks of life began to leave their nests.
Ma Bin, the deputy commander of Jin Yiwei, still caught two people and killed them head-on, as if he would not be able to work otherwise. After that, he led his men to follow Geng Qixian to a place called Gaojiapo below Yongping, which is a low hillside. On the flat land below, mountain spring water flows down from above, irrigating thousands of acres of land.
I knew this was the most fertile land years ago, and ordinary military households couldn't grow this kind of land.
The person who occupied this place was a Qianhu family named Qiu. He didn't participate in the trouble, but it would be heartbreaking to take them all out.
After the rebellion, everyone seemed to be good at work. Geng Qi's people were responsible for re-measurement and registration, while Ma Bin checked the materials brought by Qianhu.
"Qiu Qianhu, there are 8,642 acres of land above you. It's all here. There's nothing hidden, right?"
"Yes, it's all here!"
"I know." Ma Bin had no expression on his face. He handed the things aside and went down for a walk. He asked the person who was measuring it to know that the number was accurate.
He turned around and said to Qiu Qianhu: "Qiu Qianhu is a rare honest person. Don't worry, the numbers are correct. But I can't give you these land deeds."
This man was still jealous looking at the thing in Ma Bin's hand, but there were soldiers everywhere, so he could only lower his head.
Ma Bin patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Give your soldiers some ways to survive, and also give yourself a way to survive. This is not an easy task."
"The superior is the one who teaches."
Ma Bin was a little hesitant about this life, "You have committed crimes in the past, so you won't think about taking it back in the future, right?"
These words were said in such a gloomy tone that the Qianhu's face instantly turned pale with fright, "Don't worry, sir, it will never happen! The general will definitely comply with the imperial decree!"
In fact, Ma Bin wanted to kill him, but the court must have a more comprehensive consideration. If these people were also killed, no one would be willing to support Qingtun.
So keep it.
"It doesn't matter, the court has a second round of inspections, and I will let people focus on you."
this……
"Please have mercy on me, please have mercy on me, please have mercy on me!"
Ma Bin was a bit jealous. If such an official was placed under his control in Ningxia, he would definitely kill him. He couldn't kill now, so scaring him suited him well.
"Wait to measure and divide the land. As long as you don't have other thoughts, your head won't fall off."
According to this order, the government and army will begin to fully take over these properties.
There are advantages to telling important things, that is, the imperial court's intentions are spread everywhere, from Yongping to Jizhou. The common people, merchants, and military households all know what the imperial court is causing and why these troubles are happening.
As a result, the soldiers at the lowest level were actually less willing to make trouble.
However, the Qing troops stationed in the fields in Yongping made the big families in the city extremely anxious. Many people began to ask to see Ma Bin, but those who could not be seen were shouting and crying along the streets.
I found out after asking carefully.
This group of people took advantage of the imperial court and put the land in Qiu Qianhu's name to avoid taxes and servitude!
The issue of dedication was indeed a common phenomenon in the Ming Dynasty. However, when Ningxia was clearing out farmland, this issue was not prominent because it involved a rebellion in the palace at that time and the court was hunting them down. Many people did not dare to publicize the donation of farmland in their name, just in case. It would be terrible if you were charged with financing someone who rebelled against the king.
But here in Yongping, Qiu Qianhu has always been very honest, so there is no such problem.
At first, Ma Bin didn't take it seriously. He didn't meet many people in Ningxia. Later, the sedan he was riding in was forced to stop by a group of wealthy people. Many of them were elderly, crying with tears and runny noses.
Ma Bin later felt something strange, but it was hard to tell on the street, so he was led to where he was staying.
He sat on the main seat, and eight people sat on both sides, all of them white and fat.
"Shangchao, we are all merchants in Yongping, and we are more or less involved in the Gaojiapo land...that land, that land does not all belong to Qiu Qianhu! Many of them belong to us. ! The imperial court wants to clear the villages, so check out the land that has been occupied by officials, we have bought it all!"
Ma Bin tilted his head and said four words to his subordinates, "Record it on record."
"yes."
After he finished writing, he took it over, scanned it, and then passed it on to everyone, "Please put your thumbprints on it. These are the exact words you just said."
"Ah? Shangchao, this is...?"
"You must ensure that the situation you reported is true and report it to me. Otherwise, it will be empty talk. You said this today. What should I do if you change your story when I report it to you?"
That's right. When doing things, you have to follow the process.
However, these people are timid and some do not dare.
Ma Bin had no choice, "After all, I am also the deputy envoy of Jinyiwei. Who are you? Just touch your upper lip and your lower lip, and you ask me to run errands for you?! If you don't press, you will leave. .”
"Press! We all press!"
Ma Bin could only sneer, everyone in the world is like this.
When all eight people had finished pressing the button, his expression changed again, and he pointed with two fingers, "These eight people donated land to avoid the court's taxes and duties. They themselves admitted the crime and arrested them all. They will choose a day to arrest them. Ask Zhan."
His tone was always lighthearted.
Of course, this group of people was anxious, "Shangchao! You can't be dishonest as a human being!"
"Too noisy, take them all away!" Ma Bin waved his hand, with an impatient look on his face, "People who avoid the imperial court and dare to say 'faith' are really a joke."
"That's the case, how dare you convict us of decapitation?"
Ma Bin originally felt that no one was killing him, and his hands were itchy. A vulgar man like him was not a normal person at all. When he heard this, he thought of his past misery and his resentment towards such unscrupulous people.
He stood up directly, hooked his fingers, "Bring the knife."
The sharp sound of metal friction made these people sweat. They probably recalled the terror of Jin Yiwei. The person who originally stretched his head and shouted began to feel that something was wrong, "Wait...wait, you, what are you going to do?"
"I don't want to do anything. I think you are very reasonable, so I want to talk to you."
With a pop, he actually cut the person with a knife in front of the audience, and blood splashed on his hand.
When the news reached Geng Qi's ears, he felt terrified.
It is true that people donated land, but now Jin Yiwei is investigating these people for tax evasion.
The key to the problem is that everyone knows about this matter from top to bottom, but they don’t say anything about it. Why? Because of the people standing in the court, many of them accepted land donations from their own families.
But it's one thing to know it, and it's another thing to say it seriously. This is why it is said that if you are not weighing four or two pounds, you will not be able to weigh a thousand pounds.
Geng Qi couldn't tell him directly, but when he met Ma Bin again, he still said insinuatingly: "Shangchao, he killed someone just for the crime of surrendering land. Brother, I always feel that when the time comes to catch up with him, he will You're causing trouble for us. What if you chop off the wrong head... This, it's hard to explain."
"Who is up there?" Ma Bin was puzzled.
The Jin Yiwei has obviously acted on behalf of the emperor, so what else is there to do?
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I drank too much tonight, so let’s write down five thousand. I have to go to bed early, and I can’t risk my life.
(End of chapter)
