Zhu Houzhao's condition was known to Wang Yuan that night.

It was not that Wang Yuan planted eyeliner next to the emperor, but that Zhang Yong sent the little eunuch to tell him. Zhang Yong not only delivered the news to Wang Yuan, but also quietly delivered the news to Yang Tinghe, this old guy can be described as exquisite.

The next day, Zhu Hou summoned Wang Yuan to the leopard room, and he couldn't see any sickness in his spirits.

Throwing the caught carp back into the Taiye Pond, Zhu Houzhao said unhurriedly: "Datong mutinied, and the soldiers all surrendered to the north. ”

"What?"

Wang Yuan was hanging the bait, and in his surprise, his finger was pierced by a fish hook. He fixed his mind, shook his head and said, "All of them have surrendered to the north, this must be an exaggeration." Datong officers and soldiers, how many of them have no blood feud with the Mongols? If you are not desperate, you will not surrender to the alien race. ”

"Perhaps," said Zhu Houzhao, "the governor of Datong, Zhang Wenjin, was killed, and the general Jia Jian was dismembered by the rebels. ”

As soon as he said this, Yang Tinghe, Yang Yiqing, Jiang Mian, Mao Ji, and Wang Qiong arrived one after another, and even Wang Xian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was summoned to discuss the matter.

The ministers gathered by the Taiye Pool, and Yang Tinghe first said: "Send a powerful minister and a governor to the three sides." The first is to find out the beginning and end of the mutiny, the second is to prevent the situation from expanding, and the third is to quell the mutiny as soon as possible. ”

Zhu Houzhao asked, "Who to send?" ”

"Zuo Du Yu Shi Peng Ze knows the soldiers." Yang Tinghe said.

Yang Tinghe just recommended Peng Ze to go over, as long as the mutiny was quelled, he could be transferred to the head of the household department.

Wang Yuan said: "Datong mutiny, killing the governor and dividing the corpses of the generals, I am afraid that it was caused by the officials forcing the soldiers, and they were forced to have no way to live." If this is the case, the main thing should be appeased, and the army should not be used in vain. Peng Zongxian does know the soldiers, but he has a short temper, once Peng Zongxian makes a fuss, I am afraid that the situation will become more serious. ”

Yang Tinghe was speechless for an instant, because Wang Yuan had a point, and Peng Ze was indeed a first-class temper.

Zhu Houzhao asked: "Erlang thinks that he should send someone to control the three sides?" ”

"Kuraba Shirou (Xi Shu) can also." Wang Yuan said.

Mao Ji immediately jumped out to object: "Although Xi Shilang participated in the pacification of the rebellion in Guizhou, he himself did not know the soldiers. How to deal with the mutiny if the tactics are not effective? ”

In fact, Wei Ying and Li Chongsi are very suitable, and they also have a good relationship with Wang Yuan, but Wei Ying has passed away, and Li Chongsi is dying.

Of course, Wang Yangming is also suitable, but Wang Yangming is far away in Nanjing and cannot rush to Datong immediately.

The two invigilators of the martial arts examination, Bian Xian and Yu Jian, are also very suitable. But these two veteran ministers have not carried this winter, and they both died of illness a few days ago.

Yao Lai's father, Yao Lai, is also a suitable candidate, but now he is quelling the chaos in Guangxi.

There are also a few other ministers who know the soldiers, and they are all in the local chaos!

Don't look at Zhu Houzhao and Wang Yuan's continuous victories, but the Ming Dynasty rebelled again.

Several northern provinces have experienced severe drought for three consecutive years. Because of the large cultivation of cotton in Shandong, the price of grain has been tumbling upward, and starvation has been everywhere under the disaster, and the peasant rebel army has flowed to the land of Sanfu - Wang Yuan's steam engine and textile factory, which also played a role in fueling the fire.

The trouble in Guangxi was even worse, the Tusi rebellion captured more than ten states, Yao Yi led 100,000 troops to suppress it, and the suppression was not completed for two years.

The border areas of Guangdong, Guangxi, Huguang, and Jiangxi are now under the control of the rebels, and when the officers and men go they go into the mountains to hide, and when the officers and soldiers leave, they come out to plunder the prefectures and counties.

The land annexation was so serious that without a comprehensive land clearance reform, even if the uprising was successfully suppressed, it would return a few years later.

As for Wang Yuan, it is impossible for him to personally quell the chaos in the dignified Ministry of Etiquette, otherwise where will the face of the imperial court go?

Wang Yuan pulled the rod and caught a fish and said, "Xi Shilang doesn't need to know the soldiers, as long as he goes to Datong, the mutiny will definitely be quelled." ”

"Wang Shangshu is inevitably too sure." Jiang Mian spoke with sarcasm.

Wang Yuan said: "Xi Shilang is a contemptible teacher, as long as this signboard is played, the Datong mutiny will naturally be eliminated." ”

Zhu Houzhao suddenly smiled and said: "This statement is reasonable, let Xi Shu make three sides." ”

Seeing that the Chinese New Year was coming, Xi Shu couldn't wait for the beginning of spring, and received an order to rush to Datong immediately.

Before Xi Shu arrived at Xuanfu, he received a note from Zhu Zhen, the leader of the mutiny, saying that the chaos in Datong had been decided, and asked the court to appease the soldiers.

This mutiny, in fact, should have broken out a long time ago.

Just because Wang Yuan recovered Daning and re-established the Daning Division, which cost a lot of money, the defense project on the Datong side was delayed for a long time, and the mutiny was delayed for two years.

The incident arose because of Zhang Wenjin, the governor of Datong, and when King Ning rebelled, Zhang Wenjin happened to serve as the prefect of Anqing. He reorganized his troops and fortified in advance, and dragged King Ning's army to death in Anqing, so he made great contributions and was promoted, and he can be regarded as a person who knows the soldiers among civil officials.

After Zhang Wenjin was transferred to the governor of Datong, in the face of the successive invasions of the right-wing Mongols, he immediately began to repair the border defense facilities.

Zhang Wenjin took the opportunity to build the castle, and he was greedy a lot. This is an unspoken rule, and it stands to reason that there will be accidents, but Jia Jian, the general responsible for supervising the project, is even more greedy!

Under Jia Jian's crazy corruption, the third line of defense in the north of Datong City is full of tofu scum, and no relevant living facilities have been built.

Zhang Wenjin didn't know anything about this, and seeing that the castle was still repaired, he immediately dispatched Santang soldiers to garrison it.

The soldiers of Santang are the elite of the Datong border army, and they have always been very arrogant. They were transferred to garrison the newly built castle, and their wives and children had to follow them, and when they went, they found that there was no place to live - the castle cut corners, and there was very little housing for the soldiers, and there was no housing for military families. In addition to high-level officers, middle- and low-level military attaches and non-commissioned officers can only be crammed into dilapidated houses as a family.

Under such conditions, it is impossible to withstand the cold winter, and many people will freeze to death when winter comes.

As a result, the middle and low-level officers took the lead in the mutiny, and Jia Jian, the general of the corpse supervision and staff, vented his anger, and then attacked Datong City and killed the governor Zhang Wenjin, and the Datong border generals fled one after another under surprise.

Then, the officers and non-commissioned officers who participated in the mutiny were dumbfounded, and none of them could take the lead.

Fearing accountability from the imperial court, a large number of soldiers fled, and many of them went to Mongolia. The remaining sergeants opened the prison to rescue Zhu Zhen and established Zhu Zhen as the leader of the mutiny.

Zhu Zhen has appeared before, in the Battle of Yingzhou, he killed the little Mongolian prince, and Zhu Zhen also made a lot of contributions.

Soon after the war, Zhu Zhen was promoted to the commander-in-chief of Datong and was imprisoned for impeachment and corruption. He has been locked up in Datong's cell, and under the leaderless leader of the chaotic army, he actually forcibly promoted Zhu Zhen to be the leading brother.

Regardless of Zhu Zhen's previous bad deeds, he is now roasted on the fire, and if he doesn't pay attention to it, he will be wiped out.

So Zhu Zhen became smarter, he made three chapters with the rebel army, if the soldiers did not agree, he would rather die than come out to carry the matter: first, not to invade the Huangzhuang; second, it is forbidden to loot official warehouses; Third, no murder or arson.

It's really a hell of a thing, these mutinous soldiers have become disciplined. Under the command of Zhu Zhen, they attacked the fleeing rebel army along the way, collected countless fugitive soldiers, and did not commit any crimes wherever they passed.

Halfway to quell the chaos, Zhu Zhen had already occupied half of the border town of Datong, governed Datong in an orderly manner, and then took the initiative to ask the imperial court to appease him.

Xi Shu received Zhu Zhen's recital, and while sending someone back to Beijing, he abandoned his entourage and hurried alone.

Before Song Shu arrived in Beijing, Xi Shu had already galloped on his horse and braved the snow to come to Datong City.

Dismounted and changed into official uniforms, Xi Shu shouted: "Xi Shu, the governor of the three sides, came to quell the chaos by the emperor's order, and you don't want to open the city and surrender quickly!" ”

The soldiers in the city were in an uproar and hurriedly went to report to Zhu Zhen.

Not long after, Zhu Zhen personally went out of the city to greet him: "Guilty Minister Zhu Zhen, knock to see the general system!" ”

Xi Shu asked: "Mutinous soldiers, are they all restrained?" ”

Zhu Zhen said: "The Datong soldiers have stopped, and the sergeant Qiu has not committed any crimes, and only asks the court for forgiveness." ”

Xi Shu said: "Whether the imperial court forgives or not, its own ministers will discuss. ”

Zhu Zhen was surprised: "Didn't President Xi bring the emperor's order?" ”

"Not yet," said Xi Shu, "I will follow you into the city, and I will tell you the beginning and end of the mutiny." ”

Zhu Zhen accompanied Xi Shu into the city in this way and explained the mutiny in detail.

After entering the city, Zhu Zhen asked again: "President Xi, is the imperial court willing to appease the soldiers?" ”

Xi Shu smiled and said, "You are so good that I will report it truthfully." ”

Zhu Zhen is even more bottomless, he doesn't know anything about Xi Shu, he only knows that this person has been in Shaanxi for disaster relief, and he has also suppressed the hunger uprising in Shaanxi.

That night, Zhu Zhen held a banquet to entertain him, and the mutinous officers also came to attend.

Zhu Zhen's situation was very embarrassing, although he occupied half of the border town of Datong, he could not fully control his subordinates. He said that he could ask the court to appease him, and those mutinous officers listened to him, and even did not commit any crimes all the way.

But once the imperial court is unwilling to appease, or intends to punish the mutinous officers, Zhu Zhen may be the first to be killed by his subordinates.

Today's banquet, Zhu Zhen said it doesn't count!

A hundred households asked: "General Xi system, how does the imperial court plan to deal with us?" ”

"I don't know," Xi Shu would not be convinced, otherwise he would have connived at the mutiny, but he couldn't be forced too much, and said, "After the court ministers have discussed, they will come up with rules." What you have to do is to restrain your soldiers and not to do anything against the law. ”

Another tried Qianhu and said: "If the imperial court doesn't give a charter, how can we dare to recruit peace?" ”

"Just wait." Xi Shu said.

"Hey!"

Another hundred households slapped the table, pointed to the book and said, "You governor, you don't know if you ask three questions, what is the use of the emperor sending you?" ”

Xi Shu sneered: "As the governor of the three sides, I dare to enter the city alone, is there no sincerity?" The imperial court intends to appease, but if you kill too much, what if you send troops to suppress it? So I settled down in the city, and when the king's decree came, I did whatever I wanted. You dare to mutiny, and you are still afraid of me as a civilian official? ”

The officers were speechless.

Xi Shu said, "Can you be convicted?" ”

Zhu Zhen took the lead and knelt down: "I know my guilt and ask the court for forgiveness." ”

The officers looked at each other and could only kneel down.

Xi Shu said: "Now that you know your guilt, get up and wait for the court to fall." In this case, the official will also play the court in the same way. ”

The officers returned to their seats and poured out their bitterness.

One hundred households said: "President Xi, you must make it clear to Your Majesty, we are also forced to do so." Zhang Wenjin and Jia Jian were too greedy, our wives and children were transferred to the north, but they didn't even build a good house, and many brothers and family members froze to death a few days ago! ”

Another officer said: "In the Battle of Yingzhou, we also followed Your Majesty to fight the little Mongolian prince. In terms of meritorious rewards, we only got a few buckets of rice, and most of the rewards were eaten by the above! ”

Another officer said, "I also followed Wang Erlang to save the driver." At that time, His Majesty was pursued by the Mongolian cavalry, and Wang Erlang took us to rescue His Majesty, but he was blocked in the mountains by the little Mongolian prince and couldn't get out. At that time, His Majesty was two or three feet away from me, and I handed over the firewood for His Majesty's roasting at night. Damn, desperately follow His Majesty to fight, and in the end he was only rewarded with one or two silver! ”

Xi Shu turned his head to look at Zhu Zhen: "When you are rewarding meritorious deeds, you are being the chief soldier of Datong, right?" ”

Zhu Zhen said embarrassedly: "Not yet." At that time, Wang Zongbing stepped down, and he had not yet arrived in office, and the reward for meritorious deeds was presided over by the town guard eunuch. ”

Xi Shu instantly understood that the eunuch guarding the town probably deliberately transferred the chief soldier Wang Xun away, and before Zhu Zhen did not go to work, he hurriedly got the reward for his military exploits, and he didn't know how much silver he was greedy for.

Xi Shu said: "The grievances you are waiting for, this official will report them truthfully, and I will definitely give you justice." ”

An officer asked, "Does President Xi's words count?" ”

Another officer said: "It would be good if Wang Erlang was here, I heard that Wang Erlang has clear rewards and punishments, and he can speak in front of His Majesty." ”

Xi Shu said: "This official is Wang Erlang's teacher. ”

"Oh, that's a good feeling!"

"President Xi, just now we don't know Taishan, I will apologize to you for this cup!"

"Xi is the general system and rest assured, we will inevitably restrain the soldiers, just wait for the court to fall, let the killing and punishment, no two words!"

“……”

If the court really plans to kill a group of leaders, the officers in front of them will definitely rebel.

After Xi Shu stabilized the mutinous leaders, he immediately wrote a letter to inform the court of the truth. His letter was carefully checked by the mutinous leader, and there was no problem to send it out of the city safely.

Is it really just a soothing and no punishment is done?

How can it be!

As soon as Datong made such a fuss, Wang Yuan happened to install Wu Jinshi and Wu Juren. The relevant responsible persons will definitely not be able to deal with it seriously for the time being, but in another year or two, they will be able to settle accounts after the autumn.

Of course, the eunuch who has filled his own pockets, no matter where he has been transferred now, Wang Yuan will investigate it to the end!

The culprits who caused the mutiny this time will also be investigated and dealt with one by one, and by the way, the military fields will be cleaned up and the military generals will be installed.

Xi Shu does not have to return to Beijing for the time being, and the Hubu Shangshu can also be given to Yang Tinghe's people, and seizing the opportunity to rectify Datong Border Town is the top priority!