Suzaku Gate, the red lantern is hung high, and there are three days left before the New Year of the third year of Changqing. The court has been sealed, the civil and military officials are on vacation to reunite with their families, and the soldiers of the right prison guard are holding halberds and wearing armor to stand on duty in the cold wind.

The second year of Changqing was not calm for most people, the floods in the south of the Yangtze River were frequent, the relief of the court was greedy, the imperial historian Wei Youcheng played the book one after another, Feng Shaojun, the assassin of Weizhou, was demoted to the second level of the official by Lu Jiacheng, and the three-year fine was imposed on the Jiangnan transfer, and Yuan Decheng was severely reprimanded, and a large number of petty officials were beheaded, imprisoned, and degraded; The court increased the endowment in disguise through fire consumption and other means, and the people's livelihood was difficult, and there were many things to sell land; In addition, the construction of the Yanshan Palace, the purchase of wood and stones, the increase in the number of people forced labor, into the deep mountains to cut down and quarry countless casualties, Lu Jiacheng because of the repair of the river embankment stone to the Yanshan Palace, resulting in the riverbank bursting, flooding five counties, as many as 400,000 people affected; The world is full of thieves, more than a thousand, less than dozens, occupy the mountain for the king and fall into the grass for the coward, the government is tired of coping, can only ensure the smooth flow of the official road, the squires have recruited Zhuang Ding, build a fort to defend themselves......

A fast horse galloped straight into the Mingde Gate, the rider carried a command flag, the people of the capital were well-informed, and they flashed back to the side of the road, looking at the fast horse that had gone away, and talked in an ear-to-ear manner, "Where is the disaster again, this year is really bad, floods, droughts, and now even the snow disaster has come to join in the fun", "In my opinion, where should there be a rebellion again, my daughter-in-law's mother's family is from Dengzhou, I heard that many farmers have no land, and they have no way into the mountains, and they are not allowed to enter the mountains to farm in the mountains, and the government is not allowed to enter to collect taxes", "Do you know? King Rao of Yinling Mountain in Pingzhou has returned to the mountain tree banner again, recruiting people to go to farming, and there is no need to pay taxes, and many people really go", "Yes, my hometown wrote a letter to mention this matter, and a few people in my hometown village really went to King Rao".

The discussion was interrupted by the sound of "dong dong" drums, and everyone stopped to look north, which was in the direction of Suzaku Gate, and the drums sounded. Hearing the sound of drums, the world changed, and everyone looked at each other in surprise, and finally bowed their heads and hurried home. The streets were deserted, and only the cold wind carried the ominous drums, which fell heavily on everyone's hearts.

Imperial City, the imperial study, the Son of Heaven Shi Chongwei is writing the word "Fu" with great interest, write a piece of the eunuch next to him and gently pick it up, take it in his hand to dry, a pillar of incense, outside the imperial study stood two long rows of small eunuchs, red paper and black characters of the word Fu to welcome the arrival of the New Year.

"Knock knock", the drum sounded, Shi Chongwei was stunned, the pen in his hand paused, and asked Zhang Jindao beside him: "Where is the drum sounding, the Queen Mother is watching the play?" ”

Zhang Jin made a slight distinction, and heard the sound of the drum coming from the front, it was the direction of the Suzaku Gate, and played with a pale face: "Long live the lord, it's Dengwen drum." ”

The sound of the drum kept sounding like popping beans, Shi Chongwei threw the pen in his hand and shouted angrily: "I won't be clean during the New Year, and I will change my clothes." The pen fell on the red paper, leaving a stain of ink.

Hearing the sound of drums, the civil and military officials in Beijing went to the court one after another, and in less than half an hour, the Xuanzheng Hall was full of officials above the fifth grade, and everyone whispered and inquired about the reason for the sound of the drums.

A "long live arrived", the ministers visited, Shi Chongwei sat on the throne with a pale face, just now he had seen the urgent report sent by You Shungong, the deputy governor of the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate, the Annan Tun army rebelled, attacked and killed Zhang Yuanguan, the governor of Annan, You Shungong commanded 40,000 troops to clear the suppression, was ambushed, returned defeated, and the whole bundle of soldiers and horses stuck to the area of Huairen Mansion. The rebels used the captured ordnance of the Anxi army to recruit troops and horses, captured five counties including Cen Zhu, Yiming, Wuling, Huiliang, and Nuhe, opened the granary to distribute grain, and played the banner of "the court has no trust, and the land is free of grain".

More than 40,000 people gathered.

Zhang Jin's sharp voice recited the report of You Shungong, the deputy governor of Annan, and everyone learned the beginning and end of the change of the Tun army in Annan: Zhang Yuanguan arrived as the governor of Annan, and on the same day, he immediately punished Liu Wei, the commander of the tun army, and the three commanders of the tun army, and strictly ordered to quell the rebellion of the tun army before the end of the year, and Liu Wei and others went to the tundi to persuade and suppress the tun army. When he arrived in Yiming County, Liu Wei read out Zhang Yuanguan's order, and some people refuted it on the spot, and even shouted for rebellion, but Liu Wei was not punished. Zhao Bingzhong, the commander of the Tun army, wrote a letter to Zhang Yuanguan to report that the Tun army had the intention of rebellion, and Liu Wei, the commander of the tun, was unclear and was suspected of conniving and shielding.

After Zhang Yuanguan received the secret report, he personally led 500 elite soldiers to Wuling County to quell the chaos, before entering Wuling, Zhang Yuanguan ambushed the 500 elite soldiers accompanying him in Wuling County, and took 20 personal guards into the camp, intending to take Liu Wei, Enwei and ambush the tun army.

As a result, Zhang Yuanguan had just arrived at the big tent, Liu Wei and others could not say that they drew their swords against each other, and Zhang Yuanguan was killed in the chaos, and all the accompanying guards were killed, and Zhao Bingzhong also died. Liu Wei threatened Zhang Yuanguan's head and forced the Congtun army to rebel with him, attacking and killing 500 soldiers and horses outside the city. Liu Wei sent his subordinates Yang Sixuan and Wu Yanqiang with hundreds of archers to lie in the high mountains on the side of the road, and more than 30 people escaped from 500 soldiers and horses, more than 100 casualties, and more than 300 other people surrendered.

After You Shungong, the deputy governor of Annan, learned of Zhang Yuanguan's death, he led 40,000 soldiers and horses to clear it. At this time, Liu Wei sent Yang Sixuan, Wu Yanhao and others to persuade the troops from other places to gather more than 16,000 troops and retreat into the mountains and forests. You Shungong avenged the marshal, went deep into the mountains, because the terrain was not familiar, he was attacked by the rebels, and the baggage was also sneak attacked, You Shungong was hit by an arrow, and had to return to the Huairenfu camp with 15,000 remnants of the defeated army, the rebels took advantage of the situation to capture Cen Zhu, Yiming, Wuling, Huiliang, Nuhe and other five counties, Liu Wei called himself the king of heaven in Yiming County, and Yang Xuansi and Xu Mingde were the generals of the left and right, and the rest of the thieves had their own rewards, and there was a hidden intention to attack Huairen Mansion, so please make a decision as soon as possible.

After Zhang Jin finished reading the emergency report, Shi Chongwei slapped the table case heavily and roared angrily: "It's a great shame, Zhang Yuanguan is incompetent, he has lost his teacher and humiliated the country, and it is not a pity to die." The army of Annam can't even win more than 10,000 tun troops, I don't know what such an army can do? ”

Kong Province sighed secretly, at the beginning, he had advised the Son of Heaven not to be impatient, and to treat the Annan Tun army slowly, and to recover the acres of land in the Tun army's home but to get some small profits, and now he is forcing the anti-Tun army to cause a big change, and the loss is not more than ten times. As the left minister, Kong Province bowed down and said: "Long live, the top priority is to pacify the change in the tun army. There were still 70,000 troops in the Annam camp, and the garrison was only momentarily powerful, and there were many people who were bewitched and coerced by it, so it was only necessary to send a capable general to the Annam camp to quickly put down the rebellion and put an end to the incident. ”

"Who to send?" Shi Chongwei snorted angrily, Zhang Yuanguan was the commander he personally selected, but in less than two months after arriving in Annan, he was forced to rebel and his head fell to the ground, which was like a resounding slap in his face.

Duan Cizong bowed down and said: "The former Governor of Annan, Ning Tao, has been in charge of the Annan Metropolitan Protectorate for many years, and he is familiar with the local situation, and his subordinates are also his old subordinates, so it is most appropriate to send him to quell the chaos." ”

This is another resounding slap in the face, and it was proposed by Shi Chongwei to transfer Ning Tao back, and now the situation can be said to be caused by Shi Chongwei. The shameful knife was difficult to sheath, Shi Chongwei looked at His Highness's ministers, as if every face was ridiculing his mistakes. You must not use Ning Tao again, otherwise you will not be able to raise your head in front of the ministers, and the King of Chu and others will take the opportunity to attack me, and in a moment Shi Chongwei made a decision, and said: "General Ning is a strong general, and I am ready to use him as the deputy commander in the camp in the north of the town to resist the desert cavalry." Fang Cai Kong Xiang also said that the south side

Chaos is nothing but a disease of ringworm and scabies, and it is not enough to cause trouble. ”

Duan Cizong protested and said: "Long live, the rebellion of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, how can it be a child's play, once the response is lost, but the matter of the Yuan Tianjiao reappears, long live cannot be ignored, it is better to send Ning Tao to quell the chaos." ”

Shi Chongwei's face changed, and he said with a forced smile: "Duan Qing, I already have a better candidate, the deputy marshal of the Zhenbei camp, the Marquis of Annan, Zhu Jinfeng, played the book a few days ago, and wanted to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors, I have promised him to let Ning Tao replace him, and I will allow him to return to his hometown." Zhu Hou father and son are both Zhennan Hou, generations for the country to guard Qianzhou, Zhu family in Qianzhou, Shaozhou protégé of the old officials, more generals in the army from the door, there are Zhu Hou to go to quell the chaos, I don't have to worry. What do you think? ”

The Son of Heaven said that there was no worries, not to mention that Zhu Jinfeng's troops were indeed no worse than Ning Tao, and Kong Province and Duan Cizong bowed down and responded: "Respect the holy oracle." ”

The military department Shangshu Ding Dawei said: "Long live, whether to recruit rebels, the rebellion of the Tun army is mostly coerced by Liu Wei and other thieves, if the court can open up and not hold ordinary soldiers accountable, I believe that this rebellion will be quelled soon." ”

Shi Chongwei said angrily: "The emperor and I treated the tun army very kindly, but how can these tun troops repay me, the thief leaders Liu Wei, Yang Sixuan, and Xu Mingde who participated in the rebellion must not be spared, if the generals above the captain can wake up and kill the thief and surrender, they can be exempted from the death penalty, and if the ordinary tun army is coerced, they will be pardoned." ”

Glancing at His Royal Highness's courtiers, Shi Chongwei said: "The New Year is coming soon, so all the secretaries should go home early to reunite." The government affairs hall, the Taiwei Mansion, the military department, and the official department worked hard, striving to come up with a counterinsurgency plan before the end of the year. Alas, thinking that the people of Qianzhou and Shaozhou are in the midst of war, I feel uneasy, this year is not good. ”

A day later, Tai Lieutenant Zhu Zhipu and the military department Shangshu Ding Dawei jointly played a counterinsurgency strategy: first, the Annan battalion was a battalion step by step, blocking the road, blocking the rebels in Cen Zhu, Yiming, Wuling and other areas, forcing the rebels to abandon the city and flee south; the second is to urgently transfer 20,000 elites of Andong's battalion to help quell the rebellion, block the rebels' eastward advance, and form a siege; The third is to ask the Son of Heaven to issue an order, let Miao Zhai send troops to help the court quell the rebellion, Miao soldiers are familiar with the terrain, and with their help, they can get twice the result with half the effort; Fourth, let the Marquis of Annan wish Jinfeng to go south as soon as possible, unify the command of the counterinsurgency army, and quell the rebellion as soon as possible to eliminate hidden dangers. Before the Chinese New Year, several wills went out of Beijing to urgently respond to the rebellion of the Annan Tun army.

The Chinese New Year's Eve of the second year of Changqing came in the midst of the wind and snow, Shi Zhongwei stood under the pomegranate of the imperial study, looking at the wind and snow, his heart was full of doubts, since he ascended the throne, it was nothing more than repairing several palaces and turning Yanshan Beiyuan into a palace, most of the silver needed was taken from the inner treasury, as for the new policy of Tuntian, it was implemented smoothly in Huazhou, why did the Tun army in Annan make trouble, what did Shu do wrong?

His eyes fell on a secret piece on the table, which was played by Qi Xinwen, the commander of the camp in the north of the town, saying that the Moren Khan Wang Liman had brought back more than 300,000 troops from Heluo Shanxi, and the Moren had increased the number of 120,000 people who controlled the strings, and asked the court to send additional troops and horses to garrison.

Shi Chongwei sighed in his heart, the Annan Tun army rebelled, before the pacification of the Annan camp and the Andong battalion soldiers and horses could not be transferred to the north camp of Zhenbei, half of the soldiers and horses of the Anxi Protectorate were newly recruited soldiers, the drill was not yet familiar, I am afraid it would be inappropriate to send them to Mobei, in addition to the sixteen guards in Beijing can transfer tens of thousands of horses, I really can't transfer excess men and horses.

Zhang Jin quietly approached and said: "Long live, the Queen Mother has set up a banquet, please go to the banquet." The queen mother, Cheng Shufei and Wang Meiren have all gone to Shou'an Palace, and everyone is waiting for you. ”

Shi Chongwei put on his coat, sat on his shoulders, and went to Shou'an Palace in the wind and snow, and the sound of firecrackers faintly sounded in his ears, it was the people of Beijing who were celebrating the New Year.