The words are divided into two ends, at this time in Ningxia Town, one of the nine important towns of the Ming Dynasty, the officers and soldiers are in a commotion, and the supply officer is arguing, Ningxia officers and soldiers have been in arrears of food and wages for many times and the distribution of winter clothes and cloth is insufficient, a large number of officers and soldiers have been in the midst of hunger and cold, but they were ordered to urge Tuntian to pay taxes, for a time the crowd was angry, the supply officer Chen Han couldn't stop drinking, the guard officer Li Chengen came forward to suppress, and the officers and soldiers of the fourth battalion of Ningxia Military Town were noisy.

Li Chengen scolded the officers and soldiers: "Ningxia Military Town is an important border defense area! How can Rong Er and others make a noise, the distribution of food and salary, and the payment of taxes are all clearly publicized by the imperial court, and the dissidents should mention that the official sent an official document to the Yamen of Yousi for deliberation, and there is no royal law to incite riots, so that the thieves outside the customs can take advantage of it, and their crimes are related to the general theory of rebellion! ”

Chen Han, the supply officer, turned to Li Chengen and said, "Now that the officers and soldiers are in turmoil, and the rest of the salary is still in the hands of the capital, what if it causes a mutiny?" Li Chengen was busy covering Chen Han's mouth and signaling that Chen Han should ask the governor to make a decision on this matter.

At this time, in the Ningxia Governor's Office, Ningxia Governor Dang Xin was sitting in the hall listening to the details of the payment of salaries, and the deputy envoy Shi Jifang was waiting on the side. Shi Jifang said: "I don't know who said that the salary and silver have not been fully distributed, especially the three-year winter cloth and silver have only been issued for one year, and the tax is urged, and the lower officials have learned that there have been many denunciations in the military camp. I'm afraid that something will happen, so it's better to give some more out of the metropolitan hall. ”

Dang Xin immediately shouted: "What nonsense! The salary has been distributed in full, so there is no reason to hide it for self-enrichment. The country is in difficulty, and the government treasury is difficult to support, what is the reason? The guards in various places are not effective, the military discipline is sloppy, and the handover is meager but greedy, and this amount is already the emperor's grace, and the order is sent down to make the battalions feel the difficulties of the country, think about their own responsibilities, and abide by their duties, otherwise the military law will be engaged. ”

Shi Jifang said again: "The commander made the father and son support the army and respect themselves, and the subordinate officials have to report that the father and son have dealings with some of the lower-level officers in the barracks, and you have been punished many times in the capital, I am afraid that you have already held a grudge, and if you take the opportunity to make trouble, there will be accidents." ”

Dang Xin smiled leisurely after hearing this: "Worship, Mongolian slave." Since the arrival of this official, he knows that Bibai has always had different ambitions, ill intentions, recruited rebels, and raised private soldiers in captivity, which is called the Cangtou Army. His son Bi Chengen is a lonely owl, ruthless, saving his life, lawlessness, killing good and risking merit, falsely leading the army's salary, doing evil, robbing the people's daughters, and being a scourge, so the official reprimanded him many times. Although the strength of Bibai is enough to affect the safety of the military town in Ningxia, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the civil officials control the generals, the military and political power is not in Bibai, and the food, salary, ordnance and dangerous places are all in my hands, what can I do with the 3,000 families? The magistrate has asked for a decree again, and when the decree comes, he will be restrained, and if he is to instigate rebellion, what is there to fear? ”

Before the words fell, Li Chengen and Chen Han met with Dang Xin to state the details of the riot in the barracks, and Dang Xin ordered Chen Han to compile the details of the salary and silver to publicize the officers and soldiers, convey the difficulties of state affairs, and order each battalion to strictly abide by their duties. He also ordered Li Chengen to monitor the movements in the camp, and those who instigated riots again were to be dealt with by military law. Shi Jifang separately told Chen Han and Li Chengen to stabilize the morale of the army, and Chen Han and Li Chengen were ordered to retreat.

At this time, Bibai was hunting in the jurisdiction, Bibai this person had a big waist and a round waist, a rough appearance but eyes like a torch, wearing heavy armor and riding a horse galloping, shooting five wild boars and returning with a full load. Then the righteous sons Biyun, Bihong, and Bisai led the team to train the cavalry, and they were delighted, calling for Biyun to eat meat together, and the general Tuwen Xiuyan said: "Leader, Ningxia Governor Dang Xin regards us as a thorn in the flesh, and has been punished five times, and sooner or later the request will be killed, so can you sit still and wait to be killed?" ”

Bibai replied: "I will kill the old thief of the party, but now the time has not come, so you must not act rashly." ”

Tu Wenxiu asked: "I heard that Dang Xin deducted military salaries again, and it was winter, and the soldiers of all battalions were very indignant, which shows that Dang Xin has committed public anger. ”

Bibai continued to eat and drink, ignoring Tu Wenxiu's inquiry, and Tu Wenxiu replied after repeated inquiries: "This Ming army system is complicated and harsh, and the hierarchy is strict, if you can't bear it, you will never take risks." It's the same with us, we just want to be at ease, go out to conquer the Kou, collect the goods, and settle down. "When he was young, he commanded the commander of the current guard to send a letter to send a letter to him, and the time to take the letter is approaching.

On February 10, the twentieth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Bibai father and son secretly invited Liu Dongyang, Xu Chao, Liu Chuanbai, Zhang Wenxue and others, junior officers of the fourth battalion of Ningxia Town, to discuss the plan. Bi Chengen, the son of Bibai, took the lead in saying: "You are all representatives of the brothers in the military camp, since you know that the brothers have suffered, my father and son have not been concerned about the military and civilians of Ningxia for a moment, and it is just that my father and son have been bullied. The royal government, the government, and the local gentry invaded the military fields, forced the military households to become slaves, abolished the conquest and lived on coolies, and the deduction of grain and salary instead forced the tuntian to pay taxes! Heaven and man are angry, and they can't bear it. ”

Everyone admired, Liu Dongyang bowed and said: "It is really hard for the lowly commander to make the lord run around for the brothers for several days, but why is the commander being bullied?" ”

Bibai got up at this time and said: "Everyone, I worship the chief of the former Tatar department, and lead the crowd to defect, and Domeng was able to stay in Ningxia without abandoning, and this situation will never be forgotten." Therefore, in every battle, we will take the lead and share weal and woe, in order to repay meritorious service! Gradually promoted from the general to the garrison, guerrilla, general, and even now the hereditary guard commander, perhaps because of the Tatar background, usually as an unfulfilled courtesy, there are always people who think that their hearts must be different, want to kill quickly, the former Ningxia governor Liang asked Meng to be afraid of the situation in the military camp, and ordered me to leave the barracks, fortunately my son Chengen can still take office, and today can still help my brother. Since the new governor Dang Xin took office, he first refused to allow our troops to go out to make meritorious contributions, and then repeatedly changed military horses, so that our horses were thin and sick, and encouraged his subordinates to report and slander illegal affairs more than ten times, and even falsely accused my son Cheng'en of robbing the people's daughters, and the commander of the Tang Tang Guard was involuntarily whipped and reprimanded with 20 military sticks. I heard that the day before yesterday we were charged with seven crimes, including taking the army's salary, and I expected that the court would soon allow the performance, when my father and son's heads would fall to the ground, so before that, I would do more to my brothers, and I would like to scatter all my wealth to protect the lives of my brothers. ”

After worshipping and saying that the crowd would kneel and bow, they would like to share the glory and disgrace with the father and son. Seeing the joy, he hurriedly got up to help the generals, tossed and walked as if he was worried, and only after asking did he say: "The governor of Ningxia is greedy and greedy, abuses his subordinates, is treacherous and loyal, and has a ruthless and vicious heart. I worship the undead party endlessly, and you are the same, the mutiny of the soldiers is taboo for civilian officials, continue to stay in the camp, the officials are responsible, life is better than death, fleeing Ningxia, it is like a lonely ghost and a wild ghost, and it is difficult for a wife to survive. Now that he has offended Dang Xin, he has done to kill Dang Xin for the sake of his brothers, and he can stand on his own. Helplessly, this is a crime, and there is no way back. How is it good, let the brothers think about it. ”

Liu Dongyang, Xu Chao and others thought about it for a long time, and finally expressed their willingness to live and die together and make an appointment to start an incident. The father and son still refused, and made it clear to the people that they would never do anything in rebellion, but only to ask for repercussions, and then ordered the generals to return to the camp to contact the officers at all levels, and made a covenant to collectively re-admonish them on February 29.

After that, under the leadership of Liu Dongyang, the lower-level officers of each battalion frequently moved around under the pretext of attracting soldiers. Lower-level officers such as Wang Wende, He Yingshi, Chen Lei, Bai Luan, and Feng Jiwu have been connected with more than 80 people, and Liu Dongyang, Liu Chuanbai, and Zhang Wenxue are the presidents of the night meeting of Guan Wangmiao, and they are married to Jinlan. Liu Dongyang swore an oath: "Today, the brothers of each battalion will marry Jinlan, rise up with one heart, and kill the evil officials to make a living." Commander Wei made the father and son of the Bi family wise and brave, righteous and thin, won the hearts of the army, and was worthy of our follow. The brothers must strictly keep secrets, act cautiously, and not be detected by the party to avoid being exposed and giving the lives of the soldiers in vain. Now I swear here, not to live together but to die together, the heart of the fist, the sky can be seen! ”

Liu Chuanbai also said: "As Bibai said, once there is an incident this time, it will be a rebellion in the eyes of the imperial court, and it will be difficult to turn back." But the matter has come to this point, and it is a dead end if it is not reversed, it is better to give it a go or have a way out! If the court is willing to appease again, then why should we bear the name of a traitor? ”

Zhang Wenxue said: "It's a drastic change in arrears, who will take risks if there is a way to live?" was forced to be helpless, so it was so that all the brothers could hardly endure the torture. It is a good thing that the court can make a clear judgment, if the court does not distinguish between right and wrong, then the brothers have no choice but to raise troops and stand on their own, and it is not in vain that they can be heroes in this life! Everyone made up their minds to make an appointment. And Bibai also ordered the ministry to enter the city one by one with the private soldiers of the headquarters under the pretext of skill, and settled in each line to wait for the military order.

On February 24, the twentieth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Dang Xin, the governor of Ningxia, met with Zhang Weizhong, the chief military officer, to inspect the city defense. Dang Xin said: "Since the arrival of this official, I still don't know everything about Ningxia's defense, and the northern captives are in trouble, and there are proud soldiers inside, what is the insight of General Zhang? ”

Zhang Weizhong said: "Back to the capital, Ningxia Zhencheng directly governs the five guards, and the rest have Lingzhou, Xingwu, Weizhou, Pingyu five thousand households and Ningxia Zhongwei Ningxia Guard, and the main barracks, odd barracks, reinforcement battalions, guerrilla battalions and other battalions each receive 3,000, and the total number of horse infantry is 37,800, not including the border generals' private soldiers. All units are divided into troops and horses, each performing its own responsibilities, and fighting in coordination with each other. Ningxia town to build the castle to protect the gathering, the pier platform to the beacon fire, the border wall to limit Huayi, has built 35 piers, 17 camp forts, 453 walls and ravines, strengthen and improve every year, the pass stone masonry 18 zhang, high 2 zhang 3 feet; The female wall is seven feet high, three feet wide at the bottom, and eight feet wide at the top. The north chop mountain is 597 zhang long, the south chop mountain is 76 zhang, the deep ditch is high, the heavy army guards, the middle is according to the Yellow River, and the west is according to Helan. However, the terrain from the east of the river to the Huamachi is gentle, and there is no danger to defend, so there are four heavy dangers in the east of the river, and the fortifications such as the riverside wall, the Taole causeway, and the North Guanxi Pass have been built successively, which can be described as solid. If the internal soldiers rebel, only a few people under the strict laws of the Ming Dynasty will make a rebellion, and there are multiple gates in Ningxia City, so you only need to lead one to defend according to the danger, and order all the departments to rush to help, foolproof. Dang Xin listened to it and praised it.

A few days later, the governor Jiang Tingfu noticed the change in the camp, urgently reported to the party and implored the lack of food and salary on the same day, to calm the morale of the army, Jiang Tingfu said: "Recently, the lower officials have noticed the change in the camp, and the officers at all levels have taken turns to move around, no less than 100 people, which must be related to the repeated arrears of salaries. ”

Dang Xin was furious and angrily reprimanded Jiang Tingfu: "How can you slander the officials of the feudal territory at will, the official is honest and honest, upright and selfless, who in the government and the opposition does not know, the officers of the Ningxia military town are greedy, and the soldiers forget their righteousness, you are so presumptuous that you slander the officials, where is the law!" Someone take it! After that, Dang Xin immediately summoned the battalion soldiers and issued a clear order: Anyone who communicates with foreign enemies and plunders the people will be beheaded; Whoever spreads rumors and slanders the officials shall be punished with twenty rods; Whoever commits rebellion and holds the officials hostage will bring the disaster of annihilation! Afterwards, the party was complacent and disagreed with the fact that the battalions were connected in tandem.

On the night of February 28, the twentieth year of Wanli, the father and son suddenly sent a letter to officers at all levels, saying that the party Xin intended to exterminate all the officers and soldiers the next day to set an example, and the battalions rebelled, and the officers and soldiers of the four battalions of Ningxia Town responded in groups, and the general Jiyun captured and killed the guerrilla Liang Qi and the garrison Ma Chengguang, and Zhang Weizhongli, the general of Ningxia, was detained. Subsequently, he opened the city gate with the seal of the general army and led the influx of rebel troops, entering and occupying dangerous points, arsenals, granaries and other places, and all those who did not know about the officials and soldiers in the city were seized. Bi Chengen led the troops into the Qingwang Mansion, the Qingwang Mansion was cut off to protect the pro-army as early as the Zhengde years, at this time there were only dozens of guards in the Qingwang Mansion, waiting for the rebels to scatter and flee, at this time the Qingwang Zhu Shuaizin had not yet officially attacked the Qingwang, young and timid, panicked, and was taken into the cellar to hide by his mother. Wait for King Qing to worry-free. His mother, the concubine, stepped forward and was slashed by the rebels. Bi Chengen searched for King Qing and couldn't find it, so he took King Qing's clothes and crowns, dressed people with similar figures, and hijacked him to go out and swagger through the market, subduing Ningxia.

Bibai took his second son Bi Chengzhong, Yizi Biyun, Bi Hong, Bi Sai and the general Tu Wenxiu to lead the family Ding 3,000 straight into the governor's yamen, Dang Xin woke up but was surrounded by groups, Dang Xin's face did not change, and his fingers bowed and scolded: "Tatar thief, I knew that you would have a different heart!" I wanted to wait for the will to be issued and then capture you, but I never thought that you could actually instigate the rebellion of the four battalions in Ningxia Town, and the traitors and thieves would eventually die without a place to be buried! ”

Bibai was furious, and lifted Dang Xin to the corner of the wall with one palm, and Bibai scolded angrily: "Death is imminent, less reason to be loyal, I don't know how to be polite and arrogant, but I have never had a heart of rebellion." However, your governor of Ningxia always wants to put me to death, and you are greedy, and you regard the soldiers as livestock, and the military spirit has been lost, otherwise it will be difficult for me to encourage the rebellion of the four battalions, which is all the work of the capital. Subsequently, Ningxia Governor Dang Xin and Deputy Envoy Shi Jifang were killed, and all the governor's seals belonged to Bibai.

Bibai summoned the officers and ordered Bi Chengen to capture the guard officer Li Chengen and the supply officer Chen Han to be killed in front of the army, and read out the twelve crimes of the party Xin to vent the anger of the soldiers. Liu Dongyang, Xu Chao, Liu Chuanbai, Zhang Wenxue and others each led a section to release prisoners, and granted amnesty to Ningxia to win the hearts of the people; burn the office to appease the anger of the public, it is strictly forbidden to harass the people, and violators will be beheaded immediately; opened a warehouse to release grain, took all the official money, and confiscated the dirty silver of the mansions of officials such as Dang Xin; ordered someone to take the governor and the general soldier to order the battalion guards of each prefecture to stop training and march to Tuntian, and meet the inspection of the officials; Ordered Wang Wende, He Yingshi, Chen Lei, Bai Luan, and Feng Jiwu to lead their troops to each city gate and strictly guard the order in case of contingency.

As soon as the military order was issued, the officers and men of each battalion marched to the line, and all the Ningxia prisoners were released; because of the strict order, they were registered in a register and returned to their homes according to the statistical contents of the book, and those who had no one at home were conscripted into the army. The other part of the head confiscated the Ningxia governor's yamen and other major offices and their residences, collected utensils and goods, confiscated official money, and obtained 2,620,000 taels of silver.

Zhang Weizhong, the general soldier of Ningxia, was detained in the room, and Bibai came to order Zhang Weizhong to play a drastic change in salary, Zhang Weizhong did not comply, reprimanded Bibai for rebellion and took the opportunity to break free the rope, grabbed the knife and beheaded three people in a row. Bibai praised Zhang Weizhong's bravery and said: "I can't imagine that I am so loyal, I have heard for a long time that the young heroes of the town are superb in martial arts, and they will win every battle outside the Saiwai, and they will be promoted to the post of chief military officer." It's a pity that I didn't meet the town when I was a Tatar, and today I get what I want! ”

After saying that, he jumped up with a knife and slashed straight at Zhang Weizhong. The force of the worship was great, and the force of jumping up was unstoppable, and Zhang Weizhong couldn't help but take a few steps back when he stopped with a horizontal knife. Then Zhang Weizhong's blade protruded, and he swung the knife from different directions in a row, his body was agile, the knife light flashed, and he opened and closed widely, and any few knife techniques were blocked, and then he forced Zhang Weizhong to a dead end, Zhang Weizhong flashed and was not in a hurry and his left leg was cut by Bibai, Zhang Weizhong took the opportunity to wave the knife to Bibai, Bibai flashed and grabbed the knife by the way, kicked Zhang Weizhong to the ground, and made people tie up again.

Worship ordered Zhang Weizhong to write a sparse note, Zhang Weizhong still did not comply, Worship was furious, ordered someone to take off his boots, cut off his toes as punishment, Zhang Weizhong was in unbearable pain and still scolded, and broke the five toes of his left foot, Zhang Weizhong almost fainted. Then he called Zhang Weizhong's wife and daughter, and ordered that if Zhang Weizhong resisted again, he would rape his wife and children, and then cut off his toes! Zhang Weizhong jumped up and wanted to die with Bibai, but he fell to the ground because of the soldiers' side presses. Seeing that his wife and daughter had suffered a catastrophe, Zhang Weizhong burst into tears, helplessly begging for a bow and agreeing to play.

On February 28, the twentieth year of Wanli, Ningxia Governor Dang Xin withheld military salaries, whipped the soldiers, and connived at the merger of the military fields to make private money, Dang Xin was greedy and tyrannical, resulting in a mutiny in Ningxia, and the Ningxia Governor Dang Xin abandoned the corpse in the wilderness. Although he was responsible for protecting the territory and the people, he had no power to stop the mutiny, and he had no grace to live. All commanded the envoys to worship, after a long battle, the soldiers loved, decisive, have calmed the hearts of the army, and the guilty ministers asked for the gift of worshipping the merit of the chaos. ”

After the song was written, Bibai sent someone to urgently send the Beijing division as a plan to delay the army. Zhang Weizhong hanged himself. Bibai strictly issued a military order, ordering all revenues to pay the grain and salary to the government treasury and then hand over all the amount to be distributed equally, so as to stabilize the hearts of the people in the city and prevent further riots, and ordered the officers of each battalion to gather after an hour to discuss the war preparedness.