Wang Yingzhi got up in a hurry and quickly put on his clothes. When he was nervous, his hands were shaking and he couldn't even put on his clothes. His concubine also got up quickly and helped him put on his official uniform.
He was a civil servant and was born as a second-ranked Jinshi. The first half of his life was smooth and his official career was prosperous. However, this was the first time he encountered a mutiny.
He deeply knew how much he was hated by others for the immoral things he had done.
He can usually defeat these Qiu Ba, but there are conditions.
That is, only a very small number of people are being dealt with. Once this number expands, the vast majority of people will dare to resist, and the rights will immediately collapse.
In other words, officials' dominance is predicated on the existence of a ruling order. Once the vast majority of the oppressed people begin to resist, their authority will instantly collapse, and killing them is no different than killing a chicken.
When he came out of the house, the civil servants and military generals of the governor's office had already gathered in the courtyard. They did not dare to get into trouble, but it was already boiling outside. They gathered here anxiously, waiting for the governor to wake up.
The current situation in Ji Town is a bit special, and the governors have their own minds.
Ji Town roughly includes two administrative areas: Shuntian Prefecture and Yongping Prefecture. It is roughly equivalent to today's Imperial Capital, Tangshan City and other places.
The current governor of Jiliao, Liu Ce, is a veteran general. He is on the same level as Yuan Chonghuan and has more seniority than Yuandudu. He is also the censor of Youdu. Yuandudu cannot command him. He has been planning to replace him.
A person with lower qualifications than Yuan Dudu will be the governor of Jiliao.
Liu Ce was completely opposed to Jizhen's disarmament. He thought it was nonsense.
He asked the Ministry of War to transfer the governor of Baoding to Zunhua and move the governor of Shuntian, Wang Yingzhi, to Zunhua and move him to Jizhou. In the context of disarmament, he was actually strengthening the defense of Jizhen.
He was very worried that the Jiannu would take advantage of Mongolia's emptiness to attack Jizhen in a detour.
When Wang Yingzhi came to Jizhen, he set up quotas and forced confessions. He forced each camp leader to submit a list of vacancies. Generally, he had to have more than half of them to pass the test.
At this time, Jizhou had been made angry and resentful by him, and all the soldiers were filled with hatred and did not dare to speak out due to his pressure.
"Sir, something bad has happened. Since midnight, a large number of new troops have gathered outside the city. They are shouting for the governor's office to give an explanation. Before dawn, the Zhenwu Camp in the city also started to cause chaos. They opened the city gate and let the rebels in.
City. At this time, the outer city is burning, killing and looting. Look, there are fireworks everywhere, and the outer city is about to burn into a sea of flames.
"Sir, hundreds of shops in the Dongguan area were robbed. Anyone who made any resistance was immediately killed by the rebels. It was even more miserable outside the city. All the ships that docked overnight along the canal were looted by the rebels."
"Sir, there were more than a dozen pawnshops in the outer city. The guards and bodyguards hired by the bank had fierce conflicts with the rebels. At present, seven of them have had their bank vaults broken open and all the money in them was looted."
The more Wang Yingzhi listened, the paler his face became. Although he was cruel to his subordinates, he himself was actually very timid. He was completely a coward with a fierce appearance and a soft heart.
He hurriedly led his subordinates to the city gate to check the situation. The inner city gate did not have a urn and faced directly outside.
When he saw the chaos below, tens of thousands of people had gathered. His legs softened and he almost fell off the ground.
The city was ablaze, and there were rioters carrying things and looting everywhere. There were even rioters running past carrying many stolen women's silk clothes.
"Wu Hai, how many soldiers are there in the inner city? Can they hold it?" Wang Yingzhi asked tremblingly.
Wu Hai, the guard of the personal barracks, said: "There are only three thousand people in the inner city, and they have not received pay for half a year. My lord, we must calm down the situation as soon as possible, otherwise if it continues, people in the inner city may change their minds."
While Wang Yingzhi was anxiously thinking of countermeasures, he rushed into the Jinshi Hotel on horseback.
The messenger sent a letter with three pheasant feathers on it to Huang Daya, the leader of the female guard. Huang Daya saw that it was military intelligence with the highest degree of urgency. He immediately woke up Xiaoyu and asked her to inform his wife as soon as possible.
The ladies had been playing for most of the night and were sleeping soundly in the largest suite on the fourth floor of the hotel.
A huge rosewood canopy bed is placed in the room, with pink curtains hanging around it.
Yang Fan likes big bed rooms. This is the most luxurious suite in Jinshi Hotel. In order to cater to the master, a huge canopy bed was customized.
Among the pink curtains, Yao Guang was sleeping soundly with her arms around the little girl's waist. Lin Yueru, Chen Xi and Mei Xiang were also snoring and sleeping soundly. Several people grabbed the quilt, revealing a patch of white flowers.
The snow-white silk bedding and modern soft pillows set off the long dark hair and icy muscles, creating a picture of a beauty sleeping in spring.
Xiaoyu, wearing pajamas, walked in hurriedly and gently pushed Lin Yueru up.
Lin Yueru rubbed her eyes sleepily and complained: "What happened? You came here to wake me up so early."
"Miss, it's an urgent military situation. Please wake up my wife quickly."
Lin Yueru opened it and took a look, and was shocked. Jizhou mutinied.
She sat up suddenly.
Jizhou and Xincheng are close to each other, only a dozen miles away. The reservoir has not yet filled up water, and there is a large plain over there. The wheat in the fields has not yet been confiscated.
Moreover, Xincheng cannot suffer from rebellion. The master’s foundation is all in Xincheng. The crisis must be dealt with immediately.
She was the Director of Intelligence and the Deputy Director of the Secretariat. She had natural sensitivity. She did not hesitate to wake up the little girl.
Xiao Niangpi went to bed at three o'clock last night, and it was only early in the morning. Xiao Niangpi was carried by her and sat up. Just when she was about to get angry, a piece of paper was handed to her. Xiao Niangpi opened her sleepy eyes and looked at it, and she immediately woke up with excitement.
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"When did this happen?" Xiao Niangpi asked.
"Madam, rebels gathered towards Jizhou from all directions in the middle of the night last night. Around four o'clock in the morning, the rebels opened the city gate. Now Jizhou is in chaos, with flames shooting into the sky. A large number of rebels later came because the outside and outer cities were attacked first.
They came towards our territory. There are more than 6,000 people, and it seems they are here to steal our wheat." Xiaoyu said.
Now everyone knows that the most in-demand commodity right now is grain, especially rice and flour. A load of rice has risen to three taels of silver. A load of flour is also worth two to five taels of silver.
Xiao Niangpi suddenly raised her eyebrows and said angrily: "These Qiuba actually dare to grab my head. It is really unreasonable."
Lin Yueru said: "Because the dam has not been completed this year and there is no water storage in the flooded area, 500,000 acres of wheat are planted there. According to the current yield per mu, it is 2.5 million dans of wheat, which is equivalent to about 125,000 tons of flour. It is close to the mountains and has a cold climate.
, matures later. It was originally planned to mobilize all personnel and harvest ten days later after harvesting in other places."
The reservoir covers an area of about 250 square kilometers, or about 375,000 acres. Including the surrounding land, it is about 500,000 acres. It was basically abandoned due to drought. After Yang Fan bought it, it was originally used as a reservoir submerged area.
But because the dam will not be completed until next year, that is, in the autumn of the third year of Chongzhen, water storage will not begin until then. Therefore, Xiao Niangpi feels that it is a waste to be idle. At present, whether it is a pressurized well or a Newcomen steam engine, it can pump water.
Solve irrigation problems.
So I recruited refugees to plant all this land. I plan to keep planting until next summer's harvest. This way, I can harvest five crops of wheat, which is not bad.
Yang Fan hopes that the more food, the better. In the severe situation in the future, there will only be insufficient food.
Obviously, the rebels in Jizhou were also eyeing this piece of fat. Under the instigation of some officers, they couldn't control themselves when facing the golden waves of wheat on Uncle Dingyuan's territory.
