Chongzhen asked several times, but Tian Shichao and Xiang Yongshun had no response.
"Pretending to be stupid? It's useless." Chongzhen sneered and ordered Xu Yingwei, "Find a few surviving soldiers."
Xu Yingwei received the imperial edict and soon brought six local soldiers who were only slightly injured, four from Lajadongsi, and two from Luchidongsi.
The unruly spirit has gone.
The same is true for native soldiers or barbarians. Only when you have a strong fist will they become honest.
Chongzhen directly asked the six soldiers in Huguang dialect: "Why do you want to pay?"
A soldier said with his head drooped: "The imperial court agreed to give us one tael of silver and five buckets of rice for work and food per Ding per month. However, we have been in Wuchang for two months and haven't given a penny of money. We have only been given out rice for work and food every day."
A dou per month, this little rice is not enough to eat, we are really hungry, otherwise we would not rob those small vendors, let alone pay."
The other five soldiers also cried out: "Your Majesty, we are hungry and want to have a full meal."
"Tian Shichao, Xiang Yongshun!" Chongzhen said sternly, "How much salary and rice have I given you?"
Tian Shichao and Xiang Yongshun still hung their heads, turning a deaf ear to Chongzhen's questions, as if they didn't hear them.
"Still pretending to be stupid?" Chongzhen sneered and turned to Peng Hongshu and said, "Envoy Peng Xuan, come and tell the local soldiers of Lajadongsi and Luchidongsi how much salary and rice I have given you?"
Peng Hongshu muttered, but did not dare to say anything, because there were more than 10,000 local soldiers from Yongshun Chieftain's headquarters standing behind him. If he now personally admitted that the imperial court had given him one tael of silver per ding per month plus five dou.
Mi, doesn't that mean he admitted in front of more than 10,000 soldiers that he had deducted food and wages? Who will listen to him in the future?
Although the position of chieftain is hereditary, there are many children of the Peng family who can be chieftains. It is not unheard of for a branch of the Peng family to seize the title of chieftain of Yongshun from the direct descendants of the Peng family. His ancestors took the position of chieftain from the Pang family.
, and the reason why his ancestors were able to win the position of chieftain was because the original chieftain exploited the local people and was unpopular.
Therefore, once this matter is admitted, the chieftain's position may not be guaranteed.
But how could he avoid this kind of thing if he wanted to? It was simply impossible to avoid it.
Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and wherever there are rivers and lakes, there are fights. This is true both at home and abroad in ancient and modern times.
Ran Sanniang suddenly said: "I don't know how much salary, silver, and food and rice the Holy Father gave to the native soldiers of Yongshun Xuanwei Division, but for our native soldiers of Shinan Xuanfu Division, it was one tael of silver per ding per month and five measures of food and rice."
, among which five qian of silver and five measures of working rice have been distributed, and the other five qian of silver has not yet been distributed."
After saying this, Ran Sanniang turned back to the Shi Nan soldiers behind her and said, "Because I'm worried that you will spend money carelessly, I will keep it for you first and then distribute it to you when I return to Shizhou."
After hearing this, the native soldiers of Shi Nan Xuanfu Division were relieved.
Hearing this, Peng Hongshu's eyes suddenly lit up. This was a good excuse.
However, before Peng Hongshu could say anything, local fellow student Peng Tingyu gave Peng Hongshu a fatal backstab first.
Peng Tingyu, who had always obeyed Peng Hongshu's advice, suddenly said: "The Holy Emperor gave us Yongshun Xuanweisi and the eleven chieftains under him. All the local soldiers are also paid one tael of silver per ding per month, and the working rice is five buckets of rice per ding per month.
This Tongzhi tried to persuade the chieftain to pay the salary many times, but he was always rejected by the chieftain."
"The chieftain said that he has the right to control these grains and wages."
"How much to send, whether to send or not to send, is all up to him."
As soon as these words came out, the local officials in Yongshun Local Division exploded first.
Peng Hongshu was also too shady. Even if he deducted the wages of the lowest-level soldiers, he even deducted the wages of the middle-class soldiers. This time he caused big trouble.
Of course, there are also many Tumu who received Peng Tingyu's instructions.
"The salary that the Holy Father gave to our Yongshun Xuanwei Division was actually only one tael?"
"Where has the salary gone? Master Chieftain, where has our salary gone?"
"That is, where has our salary gone? Give us our salary back."
"It's too much. Even if they deduct wages and money, they actually deduct our working rice!"
"That's right, the Holy Father clearly gave us five bushels of rice per ding per month, so why only two bushels of rice?"
More than a dozen Tumu, who had obviously been instructed by Peng Tingyu, took the lead in launching an attack, and soon it spread to all Tumu.
Even though Peng Hongshu shouted at the top of his lungs that he was not deducting money and was just temporarily keeping their wages, no one believed him.
Dozens of chieftains from Yongshun stared angrily and surrounded Peng Hongshu and his son. The situation was about to get out of control. Finally, a group of new troops rushed forward to separate the two sides.
However, the impact of Ran Sanniang and Peng Tingyu's revelations continues to expand.
Following the Yongshun Chieftain, the storm quickly spread to the heads of the Baojing Xuanwei Division and the more than 20 small chieftains under the two major chieftains of Yongshun and Baojing.
"Why is it that your chieftain's salary is one tael, but our chieftain's salary is only four cents?"
"Are you stupid? Of course the salary and rice given by the Holy Spirit are of the same standard, but your salary and rice are also deducted by the toast master."
"Have you really been deducted by Mr. Chieftain?"
"No need to ask, it must have been withheld."
"After all, you handed out four coins, while our Tianjiadong Division only gave out one coin."
"Come on, your Tianjiadong Division still has one penny of salary and five buckets of rice for work and food, but our Shangdong Division doesn't even have a penny of silver and only two buckets of rice for work and food!"
"Tian Tusi, is what Tusi Shi Nan said true?"
"Xiang Tusi, why are you withholding our wages and working rice?"
"Chief Peng, hand over our salary and rice, hand it over quickly!"
"Yes, hand it over, hand over the wages and rice, otherwise this matter will never be over!"
The nature of the matter was gradually deteriorating. What started as a complaint gradually turned into a denunciation of each chieftain. More and more soldiers surrounded their chieftains to accuse and denounce them.
More soldiers were confused at first, not knowing what was happening.
But when they figured out the whole story, they soon joined the queue to denounce the chieftain.
People have a herd mentality, and just a few people can't stir up any trouble. But when the number of people increases, a herd effect will form. At this time, the fear of toast is completely overcome by the strength of the crowd.
More than 20 chieftains of both the Yongshun Xuanwei Division and the Baojing Xuanwei Division were disgraced. However, there was no problem with Shinan Chieftain. Not a single soldier was seen making a fuss.
It can be seen that Ran Sanniang's restraint on Shi Nan Xuanfu Division is quite strong.
Seeing that the soldiers were getting more and more excited and might lose control at any time, Chongzhen knew that he could no longer sit back and watch. If he continued to sit back and watch, a mutiny might really happen, which would be a bad thing.
After all, his original intention was not to dismantle the more than 100,000 native soldiers in western Hunan and Hubei.
At that moment, Chongzhen nodded lightly to Xu Yingwei. Xu Yingwei immediately led thousands of new soldiers to roar three times in silence. After shouting three times, thousands of new soldiers fired a cannon into the sky.
The sound of gunfire finally suppressed the noise of Yongshun soldiers and Baojing soldiers.
Just now, the scene of the new army crushing the two thousand native soldiers of Lajadongsi and Luchidongsi with 600 people was right in front of them, so no native soldiers dared to ignore the new army.
Immediately afterwards, groups of new troops with guns and live ammunition rushed forward.
Separate the disgraced Peng Zhuchao and other chieftains from the local soldiers.
Chongzhen waved to Ran Sanniang again and said: "Ran Xuanfusi, please send someone to inform Chieftain Yongshun and all the local soldiers under Chieftain Baojing. I will replenish the wages and rice that have been deducted from them by the chieftain.
, you can pay as much as you owe, and you can go to the Royal Bank in Wuchang City to pick it up now, but you have to queue up, and you won't cause trouble."
"Yes." Ran Sanniang agreed and immediately arranged for the Shi Nan soldiers to inform the other soldiers.
After hearing the report from Shi Nan's native soldiers, the native soldiers of Yongshun Chieftain and Baojing Chieftain were overjoyed.
I don’t know who shouted “Long live His Majesty the Emperor” first, then more soldiers followed and shouted, and finally two chieftains and more than 60,000 soldiers gathered into one voice: Long live! Long live!
Chongzhen also smiled and waved to the two chieftain soldiers.
Sure enough, the best use is money, food, or interests.
But then again, if the new army had not used thunderous means to suppress the 2,000 native soldiers of Lajadongsi and Lvchidongsi who were demanding pay, they would not be able to get gratitude even if they were given full reimbursement of food and salary.
Only by establishing prestige first, and then supplementing it with sufficient food and pay, can we control these rebellious barbarian soldiers.
For example, now, Chongzhen can clearly feel that the two chieftains Yongshun and Baojing, with more than 60,000 native soldiers, support him as the emperor and the Ming Dynasty.
Chongzhen had a smile on his face and was in a good mood.
Peng Hongshu, Peng Zhuchao and more than 20 chieftains had pale faces.
This round of losses was really big. The Dog Emperor was so cunning and insidious that he actually used wages and rice to make a fuss. They fell into the scheme without realizing it.
However, if the Dog Emperor thought that he could gain the morale of the local soldiers with such a small means, he thought of the problem too simply. Unless these local soldiers never return to Yongshun or Baojing from now on, they have to be obedient.
Let them take charge, otherwise they will wait to destroy your family.
Peng Hongshu, Peng Zhuchao and others also thought Chongzhen was simple.
Chongzhen always made decisions before taking action. Now that he has taken the first step, how can he not have further plans?
Chongzhen's eyes returned to the more than 20 chieftains including Peng Hongshu, and he solemnly said: "Everyone, chieftains, should you give me an explanation? Where did the salary and rice I gave you go?"
Peng Hongshu frowned and said: "Your Majesty, the wages and rice are naturally in the office. I am only keeping them temporarily, and I have not said that I will withhold the wages and rice. When I return to Yongshun after the expedition to Shadingzhou in Yunnan, I will naturally
We will give them the wages and rice that should be paid to the soldiers."
