Soldiers rebel!

Murder the superior!

The shock this news brought to today's civil and military officials of the Chongzhen Dynasty is indescribable.

Now they are all high-ranking dignitaries, they are the big shots who hold great power in the world and treat all people like ants, but they only have one life.

How many of them are there?

And how many people are there in the three major camps of the capital?

Two hundred thousand!

Two hundred thousand elites with good military literacy and rich combat experience.

These elites who once set foot in Monan to fight a decisive battle with hundreds of thousands of Manchu and Mongolian cavalry on the grasslands of Monan, and chased north and south in the three thousand miles of Monan grassland to fight against the great Ming Dynasty; these elites who once defeated Huang Taiji in Liaodong and broke the dissatisfaction of the Manchu and Mongolians.

The fierce soldiers of the enemy's mythology; these tigers and wolves who once marched south to Annan, destroyed the city, destroyed the country, destroyed the country, and destroyed the ancestral temple within ten months.

What would happen if all these two hundred thousand tigers and wolves rebelled? When the officials thought of this result, they couldn't help but shudder.

When Zhu Youjian heard the news, his first reaction was extremely furious. A group of Qiu Ba, he was not good enough to them?

They actually wanted to rebel and even killed Xungui!

What do these Qiu Ba want to do?!

What's going on?! Why are there soldiers rebelling?! Zhu Youjian roared, he hoped that these Gonggun princes whom he trusted would give a satisfactory answer.

Chengguo Gong Zhu Chunchen was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head. Of course he knew what was going on, but could he tell?

He said that it would offend the entire noble class. Don't look at him now as the leader of the nobles, but this leader's position was pushed out by the nobles. If his surname was not Zhu, if his ancestors were not

The hero of the Jingnan War, if not for the fact that he was the Duke of the country.

If not, all the other princes of the Ming Dynasty were wiped out by Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Haogu, when would it be his turn to lead the Fifth Army Commandery?

There are many things that the emperor cannot know. This is not only Zhu Chunchen's own idea, but also the idea of ​​the nobles and Donglin.

If the emperor knew what kind of chaos the world was in, what would the emperor think of these people?

Is the Chongzhen Dynasty full of people?

Wouldn't that become a joke?

Let's make a fuss, make a fuss for a while and calm it down and it will be over. The Ming Dynasty is so big, a little bit of turmoil doesn't matter.

Both the nobles and Donglin officials ignored the anger of the people at the bottom, farmers, businessmen, workers, craftsmen, craftsmen, those who had finally escaped from the slave status...

The anger at the bottom has gathered into one undercurrent after another. It seems that the world is still calm, but who knows how turbulent the waves are under the surface of this calm sea?

Maybe if they gather for another year, maybe if they gather for a moment, these waves will connect one after another, forming a huge wave that can sweep everything.

But what does it matter?

In this world, after all, my surname is Zhu.

Han Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Ming Dynasty...

The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, but the emperor can never rule the world by himself.

So the officials were silent, and the nobles were also silent. No one wanted to lift the lid. No one wanted to let Zhu Youjian know that his Chongzhen Dynasty was already in ruins in only the second year. The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, why no one spoke up?

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Could it be that this soldier rebelled and has some hidden secret that I don’t know about?”

Although Zhu Youjian was a young man, he was talented and fun-loving, but he was really not a fool. Looking at the attitude of the ministers, Zhu Youjian felt that he had guessed something.

Finally, Zhu Chunchen sighed and stood up: "Your Majesty, the soldiers rebelled because they had no enough food to eat.

Zhu Youjian was stunned: "Didn't I distribute rice grains to the soldiers? Why are they not full?"

Another civil servant took the initiative to cooperate: "Your Majesty, rice and food are too expensive now, and the price of treasure notes... Soldiers are not just one person, they also have to support their families."

Zhu Youjian suddenly realized: "It turned out that it was because of lack of food and money, so they

Want to rebel?"

These soldiers and generals want to rebel just because they lack food and money? Is there any such reason in the world?!"

They are all my subjects and my soldiers, but they rebelled because of such a trivial matter. They really deserve to be killed!"

"Come here, pass the order, and have people go and exterminate those rebellious traitors!"

Zhu Youjian waved his hand and directly issued an order. He must not appease these soldiers and generals just because they rebelled. Otherwise, wouldn't all the soldiers and generals in the world rebel?

Sun Chengzong wanted to stand up and tell the emperor that not lacking food and money was not a trivial matter. It was a major matter related to morale and morale of the army. Moreover, the soldiers of the three major battalions had not received a grain of rice for a long time. They only had those pieces of paper.

The treasure money!

But Sun Chengzong looked at the eyes of other people, and he still could not take that step. After all, he was also an old party. The price of tearing open this scar might make the emperor disappointed in Donglin. This price was something that the old party of Donglin could not bear, and

He also couldn't bear the counterattack from Donglin's Japanese party and nobles.

In the final analysis, Sun Chengzong alone is too weak to compete with these Donglin old party members and these nobles. Sun Chengzong also has a family.

The little eunuch went to the third camp with Chongzhen's decree. Chongzhen's decree was passed to the officers of the third battalion, but these officers were helpless.

The emperor's decree will only make the already restless three camps completely boil.

Sure enough, when these officers conveyed the emperor's decree and asked the soldiers in their camp to suppress those comrades who killed officers, the soldiers in the camp remained motionless.

A grumpy man couldn't help shouting: "Are you all deaf?"

Didn't you hear the imperial edict? Hurry up and move. However, the soldiers remained motionless.

The irritable officer immediately whipped a soldier, and when he opened his mouth to curse, he was suddenly silenced.

He saw all the soldiers looking at him silently and the hidden anger in their eyes.

No one spoke, and the campus was as quiet as winter. The soldiers' silent attitude and the eyes that stared at them made all the officers feel cold sweat.

The irritable officer lost his temper for a moment. He put down his whip and shouted: Go back to camp, everyone back to camp!"

The soldiers dispersed in silence. When all the soldiers left, he suddenly collapsed on the ground. The soldiers' eyes just now were like looking at dead people, which really frightened him. These were all the masters who had returned from fighting on the battlefield.

Ah, if these people really rebel, then the Ming Dynasty will really be in chaos!

Soon the news came back to the palace, and Zhu Youjian's face turned ugly when he saw the news.

Zhu Chunchen, Wen Tiren and others also guessed the situation and fell silent again in the hall. Zhu Youjian didn't want to compromise with those Qiu Ba, but now Zhu Youjian had to compromise.

In desperation, Zhu Youjian had no choice but to issue a new order: "Allocate money from my inner gang and give it to the soldiers first to appease the soldiers and not let the three major battalions get into chaos."

Zhu Youjian's inner shelf was the private treasury of the Ming emperors of the past dynasties. This small treasury ensured that even if the court had no money, the emperor would always have money available.

If you have money, the emperor will not be anxious and the Ming Dynasty will not be in chaos, and the emperor can also deal with various emergencies.

The one who has always made the most money in this inner gang is not Emperor Shizong Jiajing, but Emperor Zhongzong Tianqi.

It was Zhu Youjian's good brother Zhu Youxiao. In the prosperous age of Tianqi, when Zhu Youxiao let Zhang Haogu do what he wanted, Zhu Youxiao's inner gang was filled with gold, silver and tribute treasures from various countries.

After Zhu Youxiao died, a small part of the inner gang was left to Zhang Yan to use as Zhang Yan's expenses in the palace, and the rest was in Zhu Youjian's hands, which was a large sum of gold and silver.

But even if he had money in his hand, Zhu Youjian was too stingy to use it.

But now he seems to have no need for 200,000 soldiers. Even if each person has one tael of silver, it will cost 200,000. Is it possible to have one tael per person?

But Zhu Youjian was unwilling to pay for the extra money, so Zhu Youjian decided to appease the troublemakers with five taels of silver per person, which should be enough.

After careful calculation, how many people are making trouble? If each person is given five taels of silver, it will not cost tens of thousands.

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Zhu Youjian allocated a large amount of tens of thousands taels from the inner gang to appease the sergeants. However, these tens of thousands taels had just left the inner gang and before leaving the palace, and the number was reduced by 20%.

When it was transferred from the Central Government to the Ministry of War, only half of it was left.

The ministers of the Ministry of War also knew that this matter was very important, so they only paid 20%.

When we finally arrived at the third camp, only nine thousand taels of silver were left out of the original 30,000 taels.

But it has to be said that the ministers have been very restrained.

Everyone knew that the soldiers needed gold and silver to appease them, and they could not let the Beijing camp cause trouble, so everyone worked quickly. It originally took ten or even dozens of days to complete the matter, but all the procedures were completed in less than half a day.

As for the money that passed through, everyone did not float it as usual, and each family only took a small part.

But this money had to be divided in the palace, in the cabinet, in honors, and in various ministries. These big shots and the little guys in the ministries only shared 70% of it, which was a great deal for Emperor Chongzhen.

Otherwise, according to the rules, half of the money will be lost when leaving the palace, half of the cabinet will be lost, and half of the nobles and ministries will be lost. If those little people get involved, even if it is a million taels of silver, it will be good if only ten thousand taels are left in the end.

After the nine thousand taels of silver were transported to the third camp, the officers quickly took the silver to appease the soldiers and told them that the emperor knew that they were suffering and that it was not easy for them. Wasn't this using money to comfort the big guys?

Of the nine thousand taels of silver, the officers didn't get a single penny and gave it all away.

But how many soldiers are divided among the three battalions?

Just one tael of silver.

With this tael of silver in their hands, the sergeants became even more angry.

From the first year of Chongzhen to the present, it has been more than a year. Every time there is no food, everyone is given treasure banknotes. The treasure banknotes are becoming more and more worthless, and the less they are handed out. Previously, the treasure banknotes could buy some food, but now the treasure banknotes are used as toilet paper.
To be continued...