On the first day of the first month of the third year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, 5,000 soldiers of Yansui Town swore in Yulin, and Zhang Mengjing, the governor of Yansui, and Wu Zimian, the chief military officer, ordered to kill the horse and sacrifice the flag.

When the army was walking on the road, the soldiers of other departments felt that Liu Renyu's unit was really nourished, and they all came to ask about salary and welfare.

On this issue, Liu Renyu did not say that he wanted to keep it secret, but told the soldiers of Zhenbei Fort according to the truth.

"What, the monthly salary is one or two per month, and it will be paid at the end of the month, and there will be no arrears."

"In addition to the monthly salary, there are additional rewards for your good training!?"

"Mother, you actually divided the land, and really only harvested two percent?"

"This time I came out to King Qin, and you actually received an extra silver tael to make money?"

During the chat, the sergeant of Zhenbeibao did not forget to take out the jerky, the broth boiled from the cooking carriage, and the flatbread, and ate a meal, and did not forget to say after eating: "Comfortable." ”

The soldiers and horses of Yansui Town took a look at the food and clothing of the soldiers in Zhenbei Fort, and then took a look at their own poor scene; Thinking about the anti-heaven welfare of the soldiers of Zhenbei Fort, and then thinking about the fact that his family had eaten the last meal and did not have the next meal, he was suddenly furious.

"On the donkey's day, the officials drove them to work hard, the salary was not paid enough, and the money for buying their lives was not even seen, why should they be driven, you follow them to judge." The soldiers of Yansui Town felt that the treatment was too poor compared with the soldiers of Zhenbei Fort, so they went straight to Shangguan Theory.

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In the big tent of the Chinese army in Yansui Town, Zhang Mengjing, Wu Zimian, and other generals were discussing the strategy of entering the army, and they did not watch out for the constant noise outside.

Hearing such a voice, Rao is Zhang Mengjing had an extremely good temper, but he was also impatient, he had a dark face, and said angrily: "What are the soldiers clamoring for in front of the Chinese army's big tent, what kind of system is this, go and ask." ”

As soon as the people answered, they returned and reported: "The military gate, the little one has already inquired and understood, these soldiers said that they were in arrears and had not been paid, and they could not see a penny of money for their lives, so they were angry and came to ask for a salary, and they said that if the military gate could not pay them quickly, they would ........ it." ”

"What shall they do? Learn from the original soldiers, and kill this hospital. ”

"No, no, how dare the soldiers, they only say that if they can't get a salary, they will go back to their hometown and fall into the grass or something."

"Alas........!" Zhang Mengjing let out a long sigh, and then walked out of the Chinese army's tent to meet the soldiers.

When the soldiers outside the tent were clamoring and jubilating, they didn't watch out for Zhang Mengjing's personal arrival, the soldiers were still a regular army at least now, and they were still a little afraid of the governor, so everyone stopped clamoring and quieted down on their own.

Zhang Mengjing knew that the soldiers were extremely resentful at this time, and they couldn't force the bullet to suppress it, and the immediate task was to appease the army's heart, and when the army's heart was calmed down, he would hunt down and kill the person who took the lead in making trouble.

After thinking about it in his heart, Zhang Mengjing smiled and said warmly: "Everyone is usually cold and hard, and I also know very well, but at this time, the monarch's father is in danger, and I will wait for the king's fortune to eat, and I will be loyal to the monarch from among them, and this time the king of Qin, I hope to ......"

Zhang Mengjing was waiting for the slow persuasion, when a thorn in the soldiers suddenly cut off his words, and said in a non-yin and non-yang manner: "You are the governor of the military gate, you live in the Pingsu Yamen, the subordinates are waiting, and the people below are filial, the money and food are inexhaustible, the forehead is a big soldier, but not like you, just counting on the salary to live, just this little salary, can not be paid, the forehead has some resentment in their hearts, now they want to be Qinwang, it is clear that they are fighting with Jiannu, so they have paid some salary, and it is only 2 taels, just this little bit to buy life money, Although they are said to be unwelcome big soldiers, 2 taels of silver are too little. ”

Hearing these words, the resentment in the hearts of the soldiers was ignited again, and the noise suddenly swarmed.

"Two taels!?" When Zhang Mengjing heard this number, he looked at Wu Zimian very incomprehensibly.

Wu Zimian was stared at by Zhang Mengjing, and his old face suddenly turned red, this guy only asked for a concubine before going on the expedition, and it cost a lot, and it was easy to get 20,000 taels of silver from Zhang Mengjing.

When the generals of Yansui heard about this, they all looked at Wu Zimian and said: "Even the money for the big soldiers to buy their lives is greedy, and they are shameless and obscene." ”

Zhang Mengjing saw Wu Zi's reluctance, his heart suddenly brightened, he tried his best to suppress his anger, in order to save the face of the chief soldier, he said to the soldiers: "I will try my best to make a sound, give everyone an explanation as soon as possible, please wait a while." ”

The soldiers had heard this too much, and they no longer believed it, so they all said that it was only for one day, and if they couldn't see the money tomorrow, and there was money to buy their lives, they had their own plans.

After saying these words, the soldiers returned to their camps, and waited to see how the superiors would reply.

When Zhang Menghua heard this, he just nodded, and then returned to the big tent with a sullen face, and the generals of Yansui also entered the big tent.

When everyone sat down, no one made a sound, the scene was extremely weird, Zhang Mengjing looked at Wu Zimian over and over again, he had monstrous anger in his heart, but he knew that there was no practical meaning in anger, so he had to force his tone and say word by word: "Wu Zimian, you are usually a false soldier's salary, this time King Qin, you pawned the military horses on the way to the march, and confiscated the military rations, because the soldiers did not make a noise, this court only did not see." I didn't expect you to be so greedy, even the soldiers are greedy for money to buy their lives, you need to know, this time King Qin is related to the safety of the monarch's father, you still dare to be so presumptuous, do you think this hospital can't kill you, you are limited to tomorrow, will swallow up the silver to transport, this matter is over, otherwise, the soldiers have mutinied, the official Yushi let me go, I will take you to the edict prison to go for a while. You get the idea. ”

"This, this, and this silver have all been spent, and it is difficult to raise them for a while, and I ask the military for a few days." Wu Zimian just got the money, and he spent all the money on the concubine, and now it is difficult to ask him to take out this lot of cash.

"Bastard."

With a "bang", Zhang Mengjing slapped the handsome case, bringing a loud noise, which only frightened General Yansui all trembling.

"No matter what you do, if you don't see the money tomorrow, the report of this court will definitely be sent out immediately, and you will be convicted of delaying the military situation." Zhang Mengjing saw that Wu Zimian was still in harmony with the mud at this point, so he continued to press sharply.

"The military gate spares my life, even if I go back now, pawn the property, negotiate and deliver it will take a few days, the time is too late, it is better to go back to the division first, and when I get to Yulin, there is always a way to raise money." Wu Zimian knew that Zhang Mengjing would be serious, so he had to reluctantly go back and pawn some family property to make military funds.

"The matter of King Qin, there is no delay, you go to the camp tomorrow to explain to the soldiers, the salary is owed for a few more days, and you each send your family members back to pawn the property, and quickly release it to the Beijing Division, and supply it to the soldiers, how about it."

"This, the military gate, when the Guyuan soldiers are making trouble, there are many soldiers who have been killed, if I go to say that I will be paid again, I am afraid that the soldiers will make a noise and the six relatives will not recognize it, and we will be in danger." Wu Zimian bullied non-family soldiers, and at this time he went to talk about the arrears, for fear of being chopped up by some resentful soldiers.

"You should be killed, and when the country is in danger, military salaries are still deducted, and if this hospital is a soldier, they want to kill you." Zhang Mengjing saw that Wu Zimian was still prevaricating, and said even more angrily.

"Junmen, after I ambush and execute me, there will be no more generals in Yansui, who will wipe out the Liukou?" Wu Zimian saw that Zhang Mengjing was very angry, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, saying where his surplus value was.

When Zhang Mengjing heard this, he had nothing to do about Wu Zimian, but he thought that the soldiers would make trouble tomorrow, and he was bored.

The governor was silent, and the generals were also silent, and I don't know how long it took, a flash of inspiration flashed in the brain of a general, and he came up with a good idea.

"Junmen, Zhenbei Fort put Liu Renyu in charge of the carriage business, his carriage is very expensive, and there has always been a lot of income, why don't you ask him to take out some silver taels to tide over this difficulty, and then the general soldier will return it to him."

Hearing the general point out the name Liu Renyu, Wu Zimian woke up suddenly, yes, isn't Liu Renyu a local tyrant who loves to be showy, and asked him to come and give money.

"yes, why did you forget this! People come, go and call Liu Renyu and Liu General. It was easy to catch a life-saving straw, and Zhang Mengjing hurriedly sent someone to call Liu Renyu.

Not long after, Liu Renyu was summoned, and Zhang Mengjing told him about the silver borrowed from him by the generals of Yansui.

Anyway, when talking about this, Zhang Mengjing said earnestly and sincerely, and Liu Renyu nodded frequently when he heard it.

After finishing speaking, Zhang Mengjing asked: "That's the way it is, I don't know what Liu's general intention is?" "After all, it's borrowing money, even if it's the governor, when he speaks, he is a little polite.

After hearing this question, Liu Renyu first smiled, which made everyone's hearts feel wide for no reason, and then he spread his hands and said: "Junmen, I actually want to borrow it, but I don't have any money." ”

Everyone began to laugh when they saw him, and said that he would agree, but who knew that he sang such a play, if you don't borrow money, you will laugh!

"Didn't you say before that you were in the fields and made a lot of money selling carriages?" Zhang Mengjing was puzzled.

"Yes, aren't you very rich, your soldiers all say that your Zhenbei Fort has a lot of money, if it weren't for your Zhenbei Fort soldiers saying that they are well treated, how could the soldiers waiting for us be angry and then make trouble." When a general said this, he skillfully divided part of the responsibility for the soldiers' salaries on Liu Renyu's head.

"Although I have a lot of money, I have a lot of expenses, such as ........." Who wouldn't be in trouble, Liu Renyu said a lot of places to use money in one breath.

"Alas....... when the matter came to an end, he actually pinned the salary of Yansui Town on the general manager, which was sad. There you go. Zhang Mengjing saw Liu Renyu repeatedly putting difficulties, knowing that he would not be willing to borrow silver anyway regardless of whether he had silver or not.

Liu Renyu took the order and left.

"Junmen, this guy is clearly prevaricating, and there are clearly silver and two ,......。" The first army general also planned to arrange Liu Renyu, but was interrupted by Zhang Mengjing.

"Don't talk about it, you all go." Zhang Mengjing said softly.

At this point, Zhang Mengjing is no longer angry, anger can't solve the problem, the army will definitely collapse, he can't lead the troops to King Qin, all he can do is to write down the matter here on the fold, listen to the heavens, and let the emperor decide.

The next day, the soldiers of the Qinwang of Yansui Town were deducted from the salaries of the soldiers because of the general military officer Wu Zimian, and the whole army made a noise, and then collapsed and left.

Zhang Mengjing saw the empty barracks, he looked at the northeast direction and knelt on the ground, and shouted sadly: "Your Majesty, the old minister is incompetent." After saying that, his heart was depressed, and it was difficult to get rid of it, and in a moment of anger, he actually fell to the ground with blood spurting from his mouth.

"Military Gate."