557 Taiyuan Riot (I)

Wang Shiyang understands very well that although the emergence of Myanmar has solved almost all the headaches for Daming, although Xiao Ruxun's previous battles seem to have given Daming a good solution to the current predicament, it is a real symptom rather than a cure, and the problem is not the same as solving the problem by transferring the problem to another place.

One day Myanmar will not be able to afford so many people, and one day Daming will find that there is not much left of its taxpayer population, and they will find that the population is getting smaller and smaller, and they will all go to Myanmar!

At that time, Myanmar will not be able to afford such a large number of people, but the interior of the Ming Dynasty is still constantly producing displaced people, the rich and big families get more and more land, and the land and population directly controlled by the Ming Dynasty are getting less and less, which is a sign of a change of dynasty, this is a sign of a change of dynasty since ancient times!

Wang Shiyang never thought that Daming would come to this day, Daming has been faltering for more than 200 years, he thought that Daming could continue to walk, but now he was stunned to find that Daming seemed to be terminally ill, and he didn't know when it would collapse, and it collapsed and disintegrated.

Is this the self-cultivation that these scholars are pursuing, ruling the country and leveling the world? Is this the benevolence that Confucius spoke about? Is this what the scholars think is the peace of the country?

He clearly only saw some well-dressed beasts barking wildly above the temple!

Da Ming! Da Ming! Where did Daming go?

This is something that Wang Shiyang did not figure out.

It's hard to figure out this matter, but it's not impossible, Xiao Ruxun has figured out part of it, but he hasn't completely figured it out, but at this moment, he doesn't have the heart to think about Daming's future, because Daming's eyes are already in a mess.

Probably the curtain of the sky, the sky is endless, yesterday evening, there was actually a heavy snowfall, the fall of the heavy snow will Taiyuan City has become the momentum of the flame to extinguish the force, a fire that should have been unsolvable was ruthlessly subdued by the force of nature.

This is undoubtedly a blessing from heaven for the situation that Taiyuan City is facing now.

The heavy snow extinguished the fire of Taiyuan City, and the foundation of Taiyuan City was preserved, the city wall of Taiyuan City was not damaged, and the most basic function as a military fortress was still there, but as a city suitable for the survival of residents, Taiyuan City could not do it for the time being.

When Xiao Ruxun led the troops to Taiyuan City, Taiyuan City had been covered with goose feathers and heavy snow, and if it weren't for the pungent smell of smoke that could still be smelled, everyone might not think that Taiyuan City was a city that had fallen.

The Beiyu retreated after occupying Taiyuan City for four hours, which was also four hours before Xiao Ruxun arrived, they left, the direction was to the west, and there were already sentinels chasing them, and it was not difficult to tell that they wanted to go back.

According to the report of the sentinels, they burned and looted here, almost completely razed the essence of Taiyuan, took away a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry and some food, and left, leaving behind the miserable city of Taiyuan.

The bureaucrats of Taiyuan City were almost all dead, the Taiyuan defenders were killed in battle, and many soldiers were killed, but many more soldiers collapsed when the northern captives entered the city.

The sentinels questioned the survivors of the city, and some of them gave them very surprising information, because when the first northern captives appeared in the city and began to set fires, the four walls were still in the hands of the Ming army, and although the northern captives had already begun to attack the city, the city should not have been breached.

However, the Beiyu suddenly appeared, and also set fire to most of the government facilities including the Jin Palace, and also swept away the large rich people, the rich settlement area of Taiyuan City was almost swept away, a large number of rich families in the city were killed, and it is said that the Beiyu also kidnapped the daughters of many large families when they left.

Looking at the Ming army battle flag hanging listlessly at the head of Taiyuan City, Xiao Ruxun felt heavy.

But he didn't have more time to stay, and after a little deal of dealing with the affairs of Taiyuan City, he had to take people to continue the pursuit of the northern captives, he was not ready to let these northern captives return to their territory safely, he wanted to clean them up within the Great Wall, which was the price they had to pay.

In the city, the heavy snow covered a lot of things, making everything that was seen not so desolate, but Xiao Ruxun's heart still had an indelible sense of desolation, not only because of everything seen here, but also everything that was unseen but extremely ugly.

After the Beiyu left, there were a lot of gold and silver treasures left in the city that the Beiyu did not take away or destroy, and there was a lot of food, but no one found it at first, so everyone was safe and rescued each other, but with the discovery of these things, finally, the beast hidden in people's hearts was released.

People began to scramble for grabbing, you rob mine and I rob yours, all in all, grabbing is a blessing, grabbing and running, but more and more people came to hear the news, and before they could run away, they were bumped into by others, and then there was another scramble.

Then the officers and soldiers came.

A Ming army of more than 100 people, under the leadership of the officer, brandished steel knives and spears and killed more than 70 Taiyuan people, seized this batch of grain, gold and silver treasures, and declared that these gold and silver treasures and grain belonged to the Taiyuan government, and it was not allowed to loot them privately, otherwise they would not be spared.

However, the originally smooth decree became ineffective under the choice of life or death, and the usually docile people like sheep suddenly broke out under the impact of hunger and cold.

I don't know who took the lead, they gathered more than 1,000 refugees, surrounded the more than 100 Ming soldiers with all kinds of flat sticks, sticks and hoes and the like, and then beat these more than 100 people to death with their numerical superiority, occupying this batch of gold, silver and jewelry, but almost immediately, another Ming soldier appeared.

There is nothing to say, it is another confrontation between the government and the people, and the purpose of both sides is not so glorious, so no one is embarrassed to say whom, and it is a battle that comes up, this time, the people were killed and retreated by the three hundred officers and soldiers who were fully prepared with bows and crossbows and muskets, and the officers and soldiers got these things again, and were ready to transport these things away.

They were ready to leave Taiyuan City.

But what they did completely angered the people of Taiyuan City, and the people who had been killed and retreated gathered again with astonishing speed, re-encircling them, and this time pushing carts and thatched piles and other things to resist, almost annihilating all the officers and soldiers.

At the critical moment, several officials arrived with the remaining more than 1,000 reinforcements gathered together, guarded this batch of grain and treasure, and tried to use the authority of the government to declare the ownership of this batch of grain and treasure, but at this moment when the city was ruined, what authority did the government have?