eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 582 Hot Oil
Zunhua City is located in the northeast of the capital, about 300 miles away from the capital.

How close that number might be is still not intuitive.

Let’s talk about what happened 100 years later: During the Jisi Rebellion that occurred in the second year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji surrounded Zunhua City with troops on October [-], and the next day, martial law was imposed in the capital.

The marching speed of the cavalry is very fast, and it is the North China Great Plains. This road can basically reach the city of Beijing in three to five days.

That's why Yang Shangyi was so nervous.

Don't say that something serious happened, even if there is no danger, you may be held accountable afterwards.

"Wu Youhong, Commander of the Zunhua Guard, was born in the Military Academy of the Capital, and he is highly valued. The last general and Xu Li would never have thought that it would be him..." Ma Xiongbin said to Yang Shangyi.

Their pace is not slow. Originally, it is impossible for the army to go out so fast, but at this special time, food and grass were prepared half a month ago.

Benefiting from the fact that the country's national strength has been good in the past few years, and the emperor paid more attention to border towns, it would not be a problem to say that Jizhou's money and food were short.

Looking down, at least 1 of these 3000 people are riding tall brown or black horses. Yang Shangyi usually trains this group of people, and their military appearance is considered neat.

As they marched, the rumble was deafening.The vast white military flag of the earth came first, followed by the densely packed black dot-like army.

"You'll know when you arrive!"

Yang Shangyi didn't have time to think about Wu Youhong, he'll talk about it when he arrests him.

He is now planning with Chen Mi how to mobilize the middle-level generals of other guards to stabilize the situation.

A personal name popped out of their minds, and then they decided to go to the next place. They planned to write the transfer order formally while resting in a dilapidated house on the roadside.

The full deployment names of the chief soldier and guarding eunuch.

When things are in a hurry, the messenger uses Chen Mi's,
Miyun Zuowei in the north, Yongpingwei in the east, Tongzhouwei in the southwest... When they clean up Zunhua, they must always stabilize the fundamentals.

During the discussion, a military horse came quickly ahead.

"Report!!"

Yang Shangyi got up and walked out, facing the scouts.

"Inform the Commander-in-Chief, Wu Youhong, the commander of Zunhua Guard, has been killed, and all the treasuries and government offices in Zunhua City have been lost. This matter was caused by the conspiracy of three thousand families of Zunhua Guard. Now Zunhua City is under their control. in hand."

Ma Xiongbin was originally wondering why Wu Youhong would be like this, because they were all acquaintances in the past. When he heard that he was like this, he immediately changed from doubting him to being furious, "The following is the crime! Killing the chief officer without permission! Don't let labor and management catch him This gang of soldiers, otherwise we have to flay them alive!"

"Explore again!"

Yang Shangyi waved his hand.He didn't rest anymore, mounted his horse directly, and gave the order to move on.

Xu Li suggested from the side, "Mr. Yang, do you want to transfer the Funing Guard of Yongping Prefecture and the Youtun Guard of Xingzhou to move closer to Zunhua?"

Yang Shangyi did not adopt this suggestion. "In the middle of winter, it is not easy to march troops. At this time, the resentment of the soldiers is great, so they cannot be mobilized. Moreover, each guard post is now very anxious. In fact, it is not known whether the soldiers coming are friendly or enemy troops." Army, our own two guards and horses don't matter. Others, for the sake of stability, don't move. As for the Zunhua guards and horses... they can't make any waves!"

"drive!!"

The military situation is like fire, and there is no delay.

According to the speed of information dissemination at this time, what they know may have been two days ago.

Zunhua City, a city that flourished on the frontier due to military affairs, has been plunged into darkness at this time, and committing crimes above means the loss of order.

The three thousand families who started the incident first conspired to kill the commander, and then occupied the treasury and distributed food. On the one hand, they strengthened their control over the army, and on the other hand, they also stabilized people's hearts.

The common people and low-level soldiers don't understand, and if they can have enough food for a while, then no one will make trouble.

After doing all this, they also opened the prison, and those who were convicted by Da Ming in the past are now acquitted, and these people are also organized into the army.

Now comes the problem.

Three thousand households, Liu Zhong, Chen Scarzi, and Sun Xiong, what can they do next?
The previous commanders and envoys asked them to occupy them, and the maps during the battle were taken out.

Chen Scarzi pointed out, "We don't have many troops, and the number of death row prisoners is more than 6000. In fact, the only ones who can be trusted are people from our three thousand households. But there are many people who are dissatisfied with the policies of the Ming court. This At that time, Yang Shangyi from Jizhou must have led the army. I thought that we would go east, go to Qian’an County, and go to Yongping Mansion. Along the way, we would recruit brothers from other guards to respond. "

"Did you contact me?" Sun Xiong asked.

"Partially contacted, labor and management don't believe it, those people in Xingzhou Youtunwei and Funingwei honestly did it according to the imperial court's will? After they did it, they went to drink the northwest wind! Brother Liu, tell me something, There are a few of my old brothers in Funingwei, and I know their tempers, if they go back to live a poor life, it would be better to let them die early, and find a good family in the next life!"

Liu Zhong frowned. His fingers were thick and thick, and there were heavy calluses on his tiger's mouth. He looked like a veteran at first glance, "Going east is getting farther and farther away from the capital, and getting closer to Liaodong Town."

"So what? I heard that Liaodong is also doing this kind of Raoshizi Qingtun. The life outside Shanhaiguan is even more difficult. Can they bear it?"

"Old Sun, what do you think?"

"I also think what Chen Scar said makes sense. Build your strength first. We can't just shout at the top of our voices about wages. You have to mobilize people from other places."

Bang!
Liu Zhong thumped his fist hard, "Let's go to Qian'an County! Yang Shangyi has some soldiers in his hands. We can't fight head-to-head. We'd better go out and turn it upside down!!"

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It was only a day's journey from Yang Shangyi to Zunhua, but the road was blocked by wind and snow, which delayed a little more time.

When they were still thirty miles away from Zunhua, a Jinyi Guard suddenly appeared in front of them.

This group of people is so unpredictable that they never expected to appear here.

Jin Yiwei entered with his badge, and when he entered the barracks, he said, "Mr. Yang, the rebels are heading east!"

Yang Shangyi was a little surprised, "In this season, they don't defend the city, but they abandon the city and go east?"

"Yes, they thought that there must be a lot of people dissatisfied with Qingtun, so they went out of the city to recruit people who responded."

"How far is it from here?"

"Sixty miles."

"You can chase!"

As for how Jin Yiwei knew, there was no need to ask, there must be someone from Jin Yiwei.

It is said that the Southern Division of Jinyiwei was split off to be responsible for domestic intelligence collection, and there are definitely people in important places like Jizhou.

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This kind of thing happened near the capital.

The imperial court learned about it very quickly, and Wang Bing took eight hundred miles to expedite it. As soon as the urgent mail arrived, no one in the cabinet was absent, and all of them entered the palace.

Even though it was already late at night.

"The commander of Zunhuawei, Wu Youhong, died in battle." The emperor didn't say anything else, but mentioned this person first, and there was no lack of regret in his tone, "After the incident in Ningxia, the court repeatedly reminded the towns to pay attention to the restraint department People, I don’t want such things to happen again!”

Wang Bing said: "Your Majesty, Yang Shangyi, the commander-in-chief of Jizhou, is already chasing down the perpetrators. Commander Wu's envoy's revenge will surely be avenged. But right now, I think that the [-]th Regiment Battalion in Beijing and the Beijing Battalion should be dispersed among the gates of the city. Put on guards, the capital should also be under martial law, strictly check the people entering and leaving, and at the same time pass the decree to Datong and Xuanfu, these three towns are the closest to the capital, and the land of the capital cannot be lit everywhere!"

This is normal action, nothing more.

"Precise play."

Zhu Houzhao vaguely remembered that during the Jiajing period, there was also a mutiny among Datong soldiers.When looking at history, he understood these people, because to be honest, the living standards of ordinary soldiers in the Ming Dynasty were very low, but after experiencing history, he couldn't be soft.

If it is not thunderous, it is to press the gourd and float the scoop.

"My dear friends, if Yang Shangyi is unfavorable in the war, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty!" Wang Bing did not want the matter to expand again. He was in charge of Jizhou. "Yang Shangyi has been on the battlefield for a long time and is good at military affairs. As long as the court gives him some time, he will be able to quickly put down the rebellion!"

Zhu Houzhao waved his sleeves, sat down and said, "I know. But it is fundamental to expect the enemy to be lenient. What I mean is that in case of a disadvantage, the court must have a backup, right?"

Yang Yiqing replied, "If it is unfavorable, the veteran is willing to lead the Beijing camp to support."

"Then what if both Datong and Xuanfu are involved?"

If the emperor asks this, the minister will not.The whole territory is in flames of war. Is there something wrong with the policy of the imperial court?

But how dare you ask such words.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes were extremely firm, "To tell you the truth, I already knew that cleaning up the military settlements would not be so smooth. But no matter how much resistance there is, this matter must be done. Even if blood flows into rivers, even if the capital is besieged, I will I will not hesitate!"

"Think twice, Your Majesty!" Wang Jia tried his best to Chen Zuo, "If things are slow, things will be smooth. If it is true that there are enemies on all sides, I think I can take a step back, and there is no need to force it."

Zhu Houzhao closed his eyes and shook his head.

impossible,

There is nothing soft about this.

And this hurdle must be crossed. If crossed, food and troops will not be a problem. With this momentum, what problems in the hinterland of the Central Plains can't be solved by him?The remaining Mongolian forces in the north can also be suppressed from time to time.

If you can't get over it, other problems can only be dealt with scratchily. It's meaningless to be the emperor. It's better to close the door and be Wanli.

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The atmosphere in the capital began to change, and more and more armored soldiers began to appear in the streets and alleys.

Zhang Cong had expected this day to come, but he didn't expect it to be so intense.

When he returned home from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and walked through the city that never sleeps, he was a little dazzled because he saw a very familiar face that was unlikely to appear in the capital.

The person came with three or four followers, wearing a thick black coat, with a rough beard, and walking slowly, pulling a horse.

Zhang Cong rubbed his eyes, he was right.

"Boss, look over there. It seems to be that person..."

The dark man looked over and was also a little surprised.But since he bumped into it, he still walked over.

Zhang Cong was convinced at this time, "Ha, I thought I was wrong!"

"The lower official has seen the superior."

"Haha, I'm not on business now. By the way, Ma Bin, why are you here?"

"Entering Beijing by decree."

"By order?"

Zhang Cong remembered that the emperor did ask who Ma Bin was, did he send someone to announce him afterwards?
Ma Bin was the most ruthless person in Ningxia town. If the emperor had summoned him to Beijing at that time...it seems that the emperor knew what would happen when the eight towns cleaned up the army.

"Mr. Zhang, we are all rough people from the countryside. Let alone the Imperial Palace in the capital, we haven't even been to a few big cities in this life. How on earth are we going to get here?!"

Zhang Cong came back to his senses and became happy.

At the same time, he thought to himself that he had to be careful not to have too close friendships between the border troops and the officials in the capital, but Ma Bin's future should be certain, so he had to help with these things.

(End of this chapter)