Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 382
Chongzhen asked several times, but neither Tian Shichao nor Xiang Yongshun responded.

"Pretending to be stupid? It's useless." Chongzhen sneered, and then told Xu Yingwei, "Find some surviving soldiers."

Xu Yingwei received the imperial decree, and soon brought six soldiers who were only slightly injured, four from the Raja Dongsi, and two from the Lvchi Dongsi. The arrogance is gone.

This is the case with soldiers or barbarians. They will become honest only if your fist is hard.

Chongzhen directly used the Huguang dialect to ask the six soldiers: "Why do you want to make a fuss?"

A native soldier lowered his head and said: "The imperial court agreed to give us one or two ounces of silver per month plus five buckets of rice for labor, but we have been in Wuchang for two months, and we haven't paid a single cent of the money, and we have only given out rice for labor every month. A bucket of a month, this amount of rice is not enough to eat, we are really hungry, otherwise we would not rob those small vendors, and it is even more impossible to fight for wages."

The other five soldiers also shouted at Qu: "Your Majesty, we are hungry and want to have enough to eat."

"Tian Shichao, Xiang Yongshun!" Chongzhen sternly said, "How much money and rice did I give you?"

Tian Shichao and Xiang Yongshun still hung their heads, turning a deaf ear to Chongzhen's questioning, as if they hadn't heard it.

"Still pretending to be stupid?" Chongzhen sneered, turned his head and said to Peng Hongshu, "Emissary Peng Xuan, come and tell the local soldiers of Lara Dongsi and Lvchi Dongsi how much money I paid you, how much rice for workers?"

Peng Hongshu muttered, but he didn't dare to make a sound, because there were more than [-] local soldiers in Yongshun Chieftain's headquarters standing behind him. If he now admits that the imperial court gave each Ding a monthly salary of one or two plus five Dou Mi, isn't that just admitting that he has withheld food and pay in front of more than [-] soldiers?Who else will listen to him in the future?
Although the position of chieftain is said to be hereditary, there are quite a few descendants of the Peng family who can be chieftains. It is not unheard of for a side branch of the Peng family to seize the throne of Yongshun chieftain. , and the reason why his ancestors were able to win the chieftain position was because the former chieftain exploited the local people and was unpopular.

So once this matter is admitted, the chieftain's position may not be guaranteed.

But how can he avoid this kind of thing if he wants to?It is impossible to escape.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are struggles, both in ancient and modern China and abroad.

Ran Sanniang suddenly said: "The Holy Majesty does not know how much salary and food the soldiers of the Xuanwei Department of Yongshun gave, but for the soldiers of the Xuanwei Department of Shi Nan, it is one tael of silver plus five buckets of rice per month. , of which five qian and five dou of rice have been distributed, and the other five qian has not yet been issued."

After saying this, Ran Sanniang turned her head to Shi Nan's soldiers behind her and said, "Because I'm worried that you will spend the money recklessly, so I will keep it for you and send it to you when I return to Shizhou."

Hearing this, the soldiers of Shi Nanxuanfu Division were relieved.

Hearing this, Peng Hongshu's eyes lit up immediately, it was a good excuse.

However, before Peng Hongshu could speak, Tu Tongzhi Peng Tingyu gave Peng Hongshu a fatal backstab first.

Peng Tingyu, who had always been obedient to Peng Hongshu's words, suddenly said: "The Holy Majesty gave us Yongshun Xuanweisi and all the eleven chieftains under his command to pay one or two taels of silver a month, and the rice for work was five buckets of rice a month. Ben Tongzhi has repeatedly persuaded the chieftain to pay the salary, but was always refused by the chieftain."

"The chieftain said that he has the right to control the rations."

"How much to send, whether to send or not, is up to him."

As soon as these words came out, the natives of Yongshun's native division exploded first.

Peng Hongshu is also too dark, it's fine to deduct the salary of the lowest-level soldiers, but he even deducted the salary of the middle-level soldiers, which caused a lot of trouble.

Of course, there are also many Tumu who have been instructed by Peng Tingyu.

"The salary that the Holy Majesty gave to our Yongshun Propaganda Department is actually one tael?"

"Where did the money go? Master Tusi, where did our money go?"

"That is, where did our salary go? Give us back our salary."

"It's too much, it's fine to deduct our salary, but we are actually deducting our food and rice!"

"That's right, the Holy One clearly gave us five buckets of rice every month, why only two buckets of rice?"

A dozen or so Tumu who had apparently been instructed by Peng Tingyu took the lead in launching the attack, and then all Tumu were affected.

Even though Peng Hongshu yelled loudly that there was no deduction, and he was only temporarily keeping the salary for them, no one believed him anymore.

Dozens of chieftains of Yongshun stared angrily, and surrounded Peng Hongshu, father and son, and the scene was about to get out of control. In the end, a group of new troops rushed forward to separate the two sides.

However, the impact of Ran Sanniang and Peng Tingyu's exposure is still expanding.

Immediately after Chieftain Yongshun, the turmoil quickly spread to Baojing Xuanweisi and more than [-] small chieftains under the two chieftains of Yongshun and Baojing.

"Why does your chieftain pay one or two dollars, but our chieftain only has four dollars?"

"Are you stupid? Of course, the salary and rice given by the Holy Majesty are the same standard, but your salary and rice are also deducted by the chieftain."

"Could it be that he was embezzled by Master Chieftain?"

"Do you still need to ask? It must have been withheld."

"At any rate, you still gave out four renminbi, while our Tian Family Dongsi only gave out one renminbi."

"Come on, your Tianjia Dongsi still has a penny and five buckets of rice for work, but our superior Dongsi doesn't even have a penny, and only two buckets of rice for work!"

"Tian Tusi, is what Shi Nan Tusi said true?"

"Xiang Tusi, why are you withholding our salary and working rice?"

"Peng Tusi, hand over our wages and food and rice, hand them over quickly!"

"Yes, hand it over, hand over the salary and working rice, otherwise this matter will never end!"

The nature of the matter is gradually deteriorating. From the initial complaints to the denunciation of the various chieftains, more and more soldiers surrounded their own chieftains to complain and denounce.

More native soldiers were stunned at first, not knowing what happened.

But when they figured out what was going on, they soon joined the queue to denounce the chieftain.

People have a herd mentality, just a few people can't cause any storms, but a large number of people will form a herd effect. At this time, the fear of the chieftain is completely overcome by the large number of people.

More than [-] big and small chieftains from Yongshun Xuanweisi and Baojing Xuanweisi were disgraced, but chieftain Shi Nan had no problem, and no native soldier was seen booing.

It can be seen that Ran Sanniang's restraint on Shi Nanxuan Fusi is quite strong.

Seeing that the soldiers' emotions were getting more and more agitated, and they might lose control at any time, Chongzhen knew that he could no longer sit idly by, and if he continued to sit idly by, there might be a mutiny, which would be a bad thing.

After all, his original intention was not to disintegrate the more than [-] local soldiers in western Hunan and Hubei.

At that moment, Chongzhen nodded slightly at Xu Yingwei, and Xu Yingwei immediately led thousands of recruits to shout three times for silence, and after shouting three times, thousands of recruits even fired a gun at the sky.

The sound of firing the guns finally silenced the noise of the Yongshun soldiers and the Baojing soldiers.

Just now, the scene of the new army crushing the two thousand soldiers of Lare Dongsi and Lvchi Dongsi with [-] people was right in front of them, so none of the soldiers dared to ignore the new army.

Immediately after, teams of new troops with live ammunition rushed forward.

Separated the disgraced Peng Zhuchao and other chieftains from the native soldiers.

Chongzhen beckoned to Ran Sanniang again and said, "Miss Ran Xuanfu, please send someone to inform Chieftain Yongshun and all the soldiers under Chieftain Baojing's command that they have been deducted by the chieftain and have rice for work. I will supply them. , and make up as much as you owe, now you can go to the Royal Bank in Wuchang City to get it, but you have to queue up, let alone make trouble."

"Yes." Ran Sanniang agreed, and immediately arranged for Shi Nan soldiers to inform the other soldiers.

After hearing the news 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, and then more soldiers shouted, and finally the two chieftains, more than [-] soldiers, gathered into one voice: "Long live!"Long live!
Chongzhen also smiled and waved to the two chieftain soldiers.

Sure enough, the best thing to use is money, or benefits.

But then again, if the new army hadn't suppressed the two thousand soldiers of the Raja Dongsi and the Lvchi Dongsi who were making trouble with thunder just now, even if the full payment of the food was paid, it would not be in exchange for gratitude.

Only by establishing prestige first, and then supplemented by sufficient food and salary, can these rebellious barbarian soldiers be held.

For example, now, Chongzhen can clearly feel the support of more than [-] native soldiers of the two chieftains of Yongshun and Baojing for him as the emperor and for the Ming Dynasty.

Chongzhen smiled and was in a very good mood.

Peng Hongshu, Peng Zhuchao and more than [-] chieftains were pale.

This wave is really a big loss, the dog emperor is really insidious and cunning, he actually made a fuss about the salary and food, they fell into the scheme without noticing it for a while.

However, if Emperor Dog thinks that he can win the morale of the local soldiers with such a small trick, he thinks the problem is too simple. Unless these native soldiers never return to Yongshun or Baojing, they have to be obedient Submit them to control, or they will wait to destroy their families.

Peng Hongshu, Peng Zhuchao and the others thought Chongzhen too simply.

Chongzhen has always made decisions before moving. Now that he has taken the first step, how can he not have further plans?

Chongzhen turned his gaze back to Peng Hongshu and the twenty or so chieftains, and said solemnly: "Every chieftain, should you give me an explanation? Where did the salary and food I gave you go?"

Peng Hongshu frowned and said, "Your Majesty, the salary and working rice are naturally kept in the Xingyuan, and the ministers are only keeping them temporarily, and they didn't say that they would withhold the salary and working rice. We will give them the salaries and working rice that should be paid to the soldiers."

(End of this chapter)