Chapter 19: Mutiny Crisis
In troubled times, there is no shortage of property displaced people, and as many people they can bring back, Wang Jian will give them as many officials.
When the wounded soldiers who were about to be swept out of the house heard this, they suddenly looked at Wang Jian with feverish eyes, this is a great thing, not only pay silver to recuperate from the wounded, but also continue to be a soldier and eat the emperor's food after recovering from the injury, and even become an officer according to their ability. So much so that several wounded soldiers with broken legs struggled excitedly to stand up to show that they could still fight.
Immediately Wang Jian summoned Zhang Youcheng, the city guard of Luanzhou City, who came to be an old man in his fifties and sixties, with a similar face to a traitor but not a traitor, and Wang Jian replied to it, looking at it is quite shrewd, and wants to come to be the city guard of Luanzhou City in this troubled world, without any shrewdness, I don't know how many times I have died.
Wang Jian ordered someone to take out 5,000 taels of silver, and instructed him: "After I am gone, these 5,000 taels of silver will be left for you, and you will be responsible for placing these wounded soldiers in the homes of ordinary people, and you must eat and drink well to take care of their wounds. ”
When Zhang Youcheng heard that there was still merit in taking money to do things, he immediately showed joy, knowing that 5,000 taels of silver were distributed to nearly 500 wounded soldiers, and at least 10 taels of resettlement fees per person. This does not include the severance pay of one or two hundred taels per person on those wounded soldiers, you live in other people's houses, eat other people's people, and don't you have a little embarrassment yourself?
But he didn't be happy for a long time and gradually showed sadness, his bitter face seemed to be difficult, he observed Wang Jian's face, and said carefully: "Your Majesty, the old minister has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not." ”
"What?"
Zhang Youcheng was not without worries: "Your Majesty, if the rebels of Tartar or Li Zicheng come to attack, I am afraid that this little bit of people will be..."
Wang Jian knew what he was worried about, and said: "Although the country is broken, the mountains and rivers are there, the responsibility is not yours, and I allow you to surrender." Whether it's a prisoner or a thief, you can repeat it as you see fit. I just need you to keep the people of this city and my soldiers in order. I will leave another 1,000 taels for your circulation, or the same sentence, when I return, as long as I see that Luanzhou City is unharmed, you will be a great achievement. ”
Zhang Youcheng can be regarded as completely relieved of his heart, one by one: "The emperor is wise." "For a while, the kung fu was a lot of sycophants. He has no other skills, but the left and right sources are the only magic weapon that he can save his life in the troubled times, Wang Jian also takes a fancy to his ability to meet the source of the left and right, so he will give people to him with confidence.
Wang Jian's words changed sharply, and he said murderously: "If I know that you are full of private pockets, or secretly cooperating with thieves, I will definitely send someone to hunt you down to the ends of the earth, and I will definitely punish you of the nine clans!" Also, tell those resettlement households that if anyone dares to secretly betray me, they will also be punished by the nine clans! "Wang Jian didn't really know how to do the things of the Zhulian Nine Clans, he just used this most cruel criminal law in history to scare and scare them.
Sure enough, Zhang Youcheng's frightened neck shrank, and he immediately crawled on the ground and swore to the sky, Wang Jian relieved him a few more words and let him lead those wounded soldiers down. Wang Jian looked at this city guard and looked not stupid, he would definitely not betray himself, because no one would be stupid enough to gamble the life of the whole clan on the glory and wealth of one person, Wang Jian believes that as long as he is the emperor does not die, Zhang Youcheng will not sell himself stupidly, and he will definitely continue to wait and see who the world will fall into in the end, if he dies, he will definitely betray himself, if he does not die for a day, he will definitely look forward to it. And Wang briefly said that Zhang Youcheng maintained a wait-and-see attitude.
The other soldiers in the barracks were envious when they saw that the wounded soldiers had really received one or two hundred taels of silver each, and they completely forgot that they had disliked them not long ago, but now they wished that they were the ones who lacked arms and legs. You must know that usually a family of five spends less than one or two per month, which is enough money for them to eat and drink for a few years.
Wang Jian looked around, and said arrogantly: "Listen to the rest of the soldiers, I will leave for the south tomorrow, and on the day I arrive in Cangzhou City, everyone will have the merit of the dragon, and each person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver." Wang Jian's idea is also very simple, first send the blank check to maintain morale, and wait until Cangzhou to talk.
This completely ignited the morale of the entire barracks, and I don't know which soldier shouted Banzai, so the entire barracks "Banzai... Hooray.." The voices came and went.
Wang Jian looked at this formation, and was also very proud: morale, it's that simple. He was also infected by this atmosphere, and he really liked the feeling of pointing out the country and scolding Fang Xuan.
And Wu Sangui looked at the proud Wang Jian, his face was cloudy, he originally wanted to beat Wang Jian: without him Wu Sangui, Wang Jian couldn't control the military camp at all, he couldn't stay for a day, and he wanted to give Wang Jian a dismount. So first let Ding Lei disperse the wounded soldiers in the name of the emperor, causing strong dissatisfaction among the soldiers, but he didn't expect Ding Lei to be beaten up, and the dissatisfaction of the soldiers was quickly calmed, and then he asked his cronies Ma Haiteng to jump out and encourage the soldiers to make trouble for the silver, he expected that Wang Jian had no silver, but he didn't expect to be easily resolved by Wang Jian, but it was only a few days of hard work, and the military heart of the Guan Ning army was collected. Wu Sangui's carefully planned serial set instead fueled Wang Jian's authority in the military camp, and he was depressed in his heart at this time.
Immediately, the soldiers returned to the camp happily, and Wang Jian left Cui Dazhuang alone.
"Da Zhuang, can you find your third brother's corpse?" Wang Jian thought of Cui Sanzhuang, who died to protect him, and said with some sadness.
A trace of sadness flashed in Cui Dazhuang's eyes, "Well, the last general has already ordered someone to be buried underground." Then he said in a deep voice: "As long as there is one gasping person in our Cui family, we will swear to avenge this hatred!" ”
Wang Jian silently patted him on the shoulder, and asked about the situation of each battalion, although this Cui Dazhuang is a recruit, but he has some potential as a famous general, and his answer is also leaky, and he knows the Guan Ning army well in just a few days.
"What happened just now is a bit strange, but this salary is indeed a big trouble, and you are the only trustworthy person around me, and there is a big thing for you to do."
"Although the emperor commands, he will never give up."
"A few days ago, there is a secret passage in the back mountain that you are guarding, you are now secretly going back to the village to find your grandfather, and find the entrance to the secret passage, there are more than one million taels of Tibetan silver of the Wanli Emperor in this secret passage, which can solve my urgent need, you can pick your own hands, I have ordered Shen Sihai of Dongchang to go with you, and you will have a good response along the way."
Cui Dazhuang had seen Shen Sihai, dressed as a businessman, and knew that he was a good hand in business escort, and the stakes were very high, he nodded firmly, returned to the camp and ordered more than 100 people, and followed Shen Sihai to leave the army secretly.