Zhang Zhaohua said: "The shortage of pay is only 17 days, and even a month is not enough, can the soldiers rise up, surround the government office, and ask for money?"

"Niangniang doesn't know anything," these people all said: "When a soldier eats food, to put it mildly, whoever gives food is a mother." These soldiers are soldiers all their lives, and their descendants are also soldiers, and they are all people with families, and they also have to support their families, don't look at the fact that there are only 17 days without paying money, but the household department has never had an accurate word, right? Who knows whether Lord Xia is going to delay it for another 17 days or 17 months, this is not what the ministers and others think, I am afraid that every soldier will have to worry about it in his heart. ”

Speaking of which, it was pushed to the household department again, and they all said: "The household department also eats the country's silver grain, but does not do things for the country, why didn't Xia Yuanji go to Susong to raise food earlier, but he went there in the past few days?"

Zhang Zhaohua saw that the more they talked, the more outrageous they became, saying that Huang Guoguang and Wang Mian's corpses deserved this fate, so chattering, pushing his responsibility away, he couldn't help but be angry.

"So what do you mean," Zhang Zhaohua said in a deep voice, "is it to ask the imperial court to agree to the conditions of the rebels and give them salaries?"

The nobles nodded in unison and said: "The root of this matter is still in the military salary, and if the salary can be solved, these officers and soldiers naturally have nothing else to ask for, and with a little appeasement, they will definitely be able to disarm and return to the camp immediately." ”

"So this is the happy ending of everyone," Zhang Zhaohua said: "Nanjing City wants stability, and the 3,000 battalions want silver.

Seeing that everyone showed their expressions of approval, Zhang Zhaohua said: "Is it over? What do you want to say about the emperor? Let me ask you, on the corner of the Yamen of the household department, are the two people wearing the official uniforms of the three-grade complement come out to sing?"

Referring to the two squires who were beaten to death, Zhang Hui and Zhang Xuan both had a heartbeat, the biggest variable in this matter was that the chaotic pawns killed the high-ranking officials of Sanpin, otherwise even if the six yamen were surrounded, they would all be able to hold it.

"Now you still don't know the situation, this Nanjing mutiny, Beijing is furious," Zhang Zhaohua slapped the table: "The emperor is angry, he has already said that no matter who is involved, he will be severely punished, Xia Yuanji has been directly summoned from Su Song to Beijing, and he went in a prisoner car! The emperor clearly doesn't understand in his heart, I don't think you are stupid, but you also have to think about it, kill Xia Yuanji, can you find a second Hubu Shangshu who is more capable than him in the world? If Xia Yuanji is guilty, I am afraid that you will be safe for a while, but you will not be able to live a lifetime; if Xia Yuanji is not guilty, you have to think about who will be responsible for this crime?"

Zhang Zhaohua's words poked everyone's hearts, Xia Yuanji's ability to run the household department and balance the country, as she said, there is no second person to come, who can satisfy the Yongle Emperor at the same time to repair Wudang in the south, build a palace in the north, go to the West, and fight Tatar, only Xia Yuanji is alone. This person is the emperor's treasure, a golden rooster with a nest, how could the emperor be willing to kill him, even if he killed him in order to hold him accountable and calm the situation, the emperor would accumulate anger and settle accounts in the future, not to mention that there are civil officials, who will definitely not let them go.

If Xia Yuanji hadn't been killed, then these nobles would have really been found out, and the reason why these mutinous officers and soldiers were angry was naturally their contributions. This is not a matter of not being paid for 17 days, fundamentally speaking, it is that these nobles and nobles have falsely reported empty quotas, deducted military salaries, and occupied military service to buy leisure, and the soldiers have long accumulated grievances, but they just took advantage of this opportunity to break out.

"Think about it," Zhang Zhaohua saw that their foreheads were sweating, so he struck the railroad while it was hot: "The emperor has decided to severely punish the civil and military involved in the case, but are the civil officials facing the main responsibility or the secondary responsibility? Can you, the military generals who directly lead the troops, blame yourself cleanly? Even if the emperor does not hold you accountable for being cruel, can he spare you for the crime of not being strict under your control?"

"I'm afraid it's not the emperor who wants to pursue us," Zhang Hui suddenly stood up, stared at Zhang Zhaohua with a pair of eyes, and said sharply: "It's Niangniang who wants to hold us accountable! Niangniang is anxious to put all the charges on us, and wants to confirm our charges before the emperor sends someone to investigate and handle the case, and wants to get rid of all of us-In this way, not only is the prince fine, but the king of Han has also been cut off his wings, so I dare to ask Niangniang, now that the rebellion has not been settled, and the border army is shaking, are you not afraid of hundreds of thousands of troops in chaos? Do you dare to go past the emperor and bring us to justice?"

Zhang Zhaohua was frightened by him, "It turns out that you are the prince of the Han King! This brocade clothes, jade food, wealth and glory are also given by the King of Han! Also, after collecting the Tiance Guard, the Han King who compares himself to Tang Taizong, isn't it just a bunch of Qin Shubao and Wei Chi Jingde! In a short time, I am afraid that I will have to learn from others and make him rebel!"

Not to mention a group of palace people and eunuchs waiting outside the door, their faces were so frightened that their faces trembled like chaff, even the nobles sitting in the hall were all frightened by Zhang Zhaohua's words, and their faces were pale. Zhang Xuan took the lead in asking for sin: "Brother is open-mouthed, please forgive your sins!"

"Where is he open-mouthed," Zhang Zhaohua showed no signs of anger: "He is the heart of the King of Han, admitting that he is the wing of the King of Han, you have all heard this clearly, right? Lord Xie, you will also tell the emperor the truth, right?"

Zhang Xuan raised his head and looked, only to see that there was actually a person in the hall, standing straight behind the curtain, and he didn't know how long, and when this person came closer, he recognized it: "Xie Chuan?"

The commander of Jinyiwei was actually here, and it seemed that he had heard all the conversations clearly, which made everyone panic, and Zhang Hui was even more speechless, and beads of sweat fell from behind his ears.

"Look," Zhang Zhaohua said, "with hundreds of thousands of troops will continue to threaten me, thinking that I will be frightened by you?"

The reason why Zhang Zhaohua has such confidence is because she gave Yang Hong a very big bargaining chip. She transferred 300,000 taels of silver from the Qingyuan and handed it to Yang Hong, asking him to appease the border army and the Beijing guard officers and soldiers first, and transfer them out of the city. As for the 3,000 battalions that mutinied, they did not give a penny, but revealed the news that other armies had salaries.

If it is said that these mutinous officers and soldiers in the past asked for money, then by this time, what they want is not to be held accountable, and people will not be at this point where they are still unaware of the extent of the disaster they have caused, and these people's demand for not to be held accountable is actually not the demand of the officers and men of the 3,000 battalion, but the urgent demand of the first evil.

The first evil, coercion and a group of lambs who follow the large army, is composed of 3,000 battalions and 30,000 soldiers, China has a theory since ancient times called not to blame the public, everyone has done something wrong, you can only hold the person who provokes the leader, so often the first evil will be found out to bear all the responsibility, and the coercion will be forgiven, so the first evil will naturally worry that they will be thrown out, they naturally want to pull the coercion and bear the consequences together, so that they can avoid danger. But coercion is naturally unwilling to share with the first evil.

Therefore, the first evil and coercion are not the natural camp, there will always be one side, and one side will betray the other, if they are facing a difficult situation. According to common sense, the first evil is often pushed out – but in reality, it is the mastermind and the first evil who conspire to push out the coercion.

No matter who launches it, there will always be one party that will be preserved, which is what Zhang Zhaohua hates to see. As for the mastermind behind the scenes, she estimates that she will not be able to find out for the time being, and she can only designate the mastermind as this group of nobles now, so the game she is doing is to tie up the first evil and the coercion and the subordinate, and separate the mastermind and the lamb.

Zhang Zhaohua refused to forgive them, not only the first evil, but also the coercion, she asked the 3,000 battalions to hand over the first evil and the coercion, which was tantamount to tying the first evil and the coercion together, they had no suspicion, and they would become an iron plate.

At the same time, the lamb was loosened, because they saw that the other armies had money, and they would not be willing to do anything with the first evil, and they desperately wanted to stop the accident, return to the previous state, and at the same time get rid of their charges of mutiny, so what would they do, naturally, under strong pressure, they chose to betray the first evil and the coercion.

As for the mastermind, they are sitting here with Zhang Zhaohua, and everything Zhang Zhaohua said before is to imply that if they want to wash away the charges of dereliction of duty, lax imperial authority, or even the greater crime of deducting military salaries, they can only choose to betray the chief evil and coerce.