Zou Mu and the four Jinyi guards arrived late. They rushed from the capital without any rest. Halfway through the chase, they had to stop to let the horses slow down. When they encountered the corpse of the bandit, they got off the horse and chopped off a few pieces.
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Arriving outside Liangxiang County, I saw Gao Di leading people to collect corpses, and many horses gathered at the city gate. Xiaoqi immediately raised his waistband: "Jin Yiwei is on duty!"
There are small words on the waist tag: Not required when leaving Beijing.
Gao Di glanced at him and seemed to be holding his fists respectfully, but his words were very disrespectful: "Is there any clerk from any yamen?"
Although Xiaoqi is a guard in uniform, he is also a Kuhaha. Since Gaudi does not cooperate, he can only lower his attitude and explain: "I was surprised to hear that bandits appeared in the southern suburbs at night. Even if we were ordered to go out of the city immediately to investigate, we would not have time to reach the place.
The Yamen has issued a document. However, at this moment, it is estimated that the Emperor, the Pavilion Elder and the ministers of the six ministries are already aware of this matter."
Hearing that Xiaoqi had gone out to Beijing specifically to investigate the military situation, Gao Di did not dare to neglect and immediately reported the situation, saying: "This county has collected twenty-one corpses of the bandits, twelve more bandits surrendered, and thirty bandits' horses were seized.
Six horses. About two hundred bandits fled in all directions."
Hearing these numbers, Xiaoqi was speechless and asked, "Where is Mr. Wang?"
Gao Di smiled and said: "Friend Wang said he was tired and had gone to the county government office to sleep peacefully."
"Is Brother Ruoxu injured?" Zou Mu suddenly asked.
Gaudí exclaimed: "My friend Wang has chased and killed numerous thieves and bandits without any damage to himself. He is really a strange person!"
The four Jin Yiwei spies looked at each other, this is so evil, it is simply unimaginable.
Suddenly, a horse came from the south.
The horse was already foaming at the mouth, and the official on the horse was also seriously injured. When he saw Xiaoqi wearing a royal uniform, he immediately shouted: "Send a message to me quickly. Boye County has been captured by rebels, and Baoding Prefecture is in emergency.
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Gaudi suddenly turned pale. To the north of Baoding Prefecture are Ansu County, Dingxing County, and Zhuozhou, followed by Liangxiang County.
To the north of Liangxiang County is the capital!
The rebel army is only three counties and one state city away from the capital. Moreover, there are flat official roads along the way. These rebel troops have a large number of cavalry and can attack Beijing in just two days. The guard posts around the capital, [Youyou Reading www.
.uutxt.me] was transferred to Bazhou to quell the rebellion. Now he was lured to Jingzhou and could not come back.
The messenger officer handed the military information documents into Xiaoqi's hands, then fainted himself, and his horse would probably not survive either.
Xiaoqi originally wanted to wait for Wang Yuan to wake up and discuss how to share the military merits. But he did not dare to wait any longer at this moment. He picked a horse from the rebel army and personally brought the military intelligence documents back to Beijing to report. At the same time, he ordered his subordinates to immediately go south to inquire about the military intelligence.
Gaudi also led people to go north. The burned town was also under the jurisdiction of Liangxiang County, and there were hundreds of young refugees waiting to be resettled.
Zou Mu led his horse to the county government office, and waited until the afternoon when Wang Yuan finally woke up.
Rubbing his sore arm, Wang Yuan smiled bitterly and said: "It's still strained. I'm afraid it will take four or five days to recover. The two-stone bow is really not fun."
Zou Mu had a serious look on his face: "Boye County has been destroyed, and Baoding Prefecture is in urgent need. From Baoding Prefecture to the capital, there is no force to resist the bandits, and only the Twelve Capital Battalions can be mobilized. Moreover, nearly half of the Twelve Capital Battalions have been mobilized.
If we go to quell the rebellion, those left behind may not have much fighting power. The defense of the capital is empty!"
Wang Yuan was dumbfounded. The Zhengde Dynasty could only be regarded as the mid-Ming Dynasty, but this situation could actually happen!
This was the worst year of the Zhengde Dynasty. There were Mongolian invaders in the north, and large-scale uprisings occurred simultaneously in Sichuan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Hebei, and Shandong. Each uprising required the gathering of troops from several provinces to encircle and suppress it. How could it be tolerated when it broke out at the same time?
The more uprisings there are, the greater the military expenditures, and the heavier the burden on the people. This has created a vicious cycle.
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the population was already expanding, and the socio-economic transformation was still in the process of transition. After Wu Zong succeeded to the throne, not only did he not cultivate his health, but instead built seven imperial palaces within a month, and later increased to more than 300. The emperor took the lead in enclosing land
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Wu Zong's godsons, Liu Jin's party members, and Xun Qi's clan members also followed suit to enclose territory across the country.
Naturally, civil servants are not lagging behind either. Emperors, eunuchs, clans, and relatives can all enclose land. Why can't we?
In addition, Liu Jin completely ruined the Ma government, resulting in countless refugees, which provided a natural source of troops for the insurrectionary armies in various places.
Among them, the most harmful ones are the guard eunuchs, who can be found all over the country. During the Hongzhi Dynasty, it was quite normal, and many guard eunuchs emerged who dared to do their jobs and performed their duties faithfully. But after Liu Jin came to power, the guard eunuchs only had one thing left to do, and that was
It was to help the emperor and Eunuch Liu make money, and at the same time enrich his own pockets.
It's also very difficult financially.
Wu Zong's funeral for Emperor Hongzhi cost 5,000 taels of gold and 1,800,000 taels of silver. Wu Zong's wedding cost 8,520 taels of gold and 533,840 taels of silver. All of a sudden
They emptied the stretched finances and passed them all on to the people, causing the number of refugees to increase.
There is nothing to criticize about Zhu Houzhao's love for troubles, but he ruined the atmosphere of the whole country and triggered all kinds of social contradictions at once.
Wang Yuan was in the capital these days and heard a lot of news about uprisings across the country. He always felt that he was living at the end of the dynasty.
Thinking of this, the heroic spirit of killing thieves with ease disappeared in an instant.
It was already evening when Wang Yuan and Zou Mu returned to the outskirts of Beijing. It was obvious that the martial law was under control in the city. There were many more officers and soldiers at the top of the city, and wooden fences were placed at various street intersections outside the city.
Zhou Chong smiled and introduced Wang Yuan into the guest room, and took out a cloth bag from under the bed: "Second brother, it's all gold, a total of twenty-eight pounds!"
"How much did Zou Mu and the others share?" Wang Yuan asked.
Zhou Chong shook his head and said, "I don't know. They all touched the thieves' bodies. I don't know how much they touched."
Wang Yuan said: "You can take 10% of the gold yourself."
Zhou Chong hesitated for a few breaths, then nodded and said, "Okay!"
Wang Yuan was so generous that Zhou Cao thought he could only get a few taels of gold, but he didn't expect to get more than two kilograms.
The master and servant were counting money in the guest room, while the Forbidden City was in solemn silence.
Emperor Zhengde, who had no formal status, finally became serious at this moment and summoned the big shots in the court to discuss the matter of pacifying the thieves.
In fact, there was nothing to discuss. The remaining capital camps in the capital could not be moved. The top priority was to bring back the officers and soldiers who were far away in Jingzhou. However, Gu Dayong made a suggestion, which aroused collective opposition from the civilian officials, that is, to dispatch border troops.
Come back to defend the capital.
After arguing from afternoon to night, this proposal was still not passed, and this strategy was chosen only when the rebellion could not be quelled.
That Jinyiwei Xiaoqi only regarded the heads cut off along the way as his military exploits. He did not conceal Wang Yuan's achievements, which led to everyone in the court knowing Wang Yuan's name.
Single-handedly chasing down hundreds of thieves for dozens of miles sounds like a legendary story, and it’s hard not to be remembered!
(I will continue to update during the day tomorrow.)