"Is there anything wrong with a thousand households?" Yang Zhen suddenly stopped in front of the small courtyard, and Hu Ge also stopped vigilantly and glanced around, he knew how important this place was at the moment. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yang Zhen shook his head: "It's okay, it's just a little uneasy in my heart." As he spoke, he smiled to himself, perhaps he was overly vigilant, and he could clearly sense that there was no one else around.

Seeing him say this, Hu Ge breathed a sigh of relief, gently pushed open the hidden courtyard door, and led Yang Zhen in. And at the same time as they stepped into the small courtyard, a short figure suddenly appeared under the dark wall, and it was not until he saw that it was Hu Ge and Yang Zhen who came, so he put the short knife in his hand back into the boot and bowed to them: "Boy, thank you two adults for saving each other!" "It's Yun Xian.

Yang Zhen glanced at this young man appreciatively, none of the people under his hands were as alert as this person, and he was only so old now, if he grew up, it must be very difficult. Thinking of this, Yang Zhen had already reached out and patted Yun Xian's shoulder: "You don't have to be polite, even if it's a stranger, I will help you when I see this situation, not to mention that we still have a request for you." As he spoke, he turned the subject to business: "Your aunt has improved a little, where is she now?" ”

"Well, after taking some medicine, my aunt's condition has improved a lot, and she is sober." Speaking of this, Yun Xian trembled with fear. Indeed, if Yang Zhen hadn't found out about his aunt's illness in time, and paid for them to find such a clean place to live and find Lang Zhong for diagnosis and treatment, I was afraid that the illness of my aunt and sister would have worsened even ...... He didn't dare to think about the rest of the matter.

After glancing at Yang Zhen gratefully, Yun Xian led him to the door of a wing room on the east side of the courtyard: "Auntie is resting inside." ”

Yang Zhen nodded slightly, then raised his hand and knocked on the door: "Yang Zhen, can I go in this eldest sister?" ”

"Yang Qianhu, please come in." There was soon an echo inside, and the sound was much more refreshing than when it was in the ruined temple, and it was clear that the disease had improved.

Yang Zhen pushed the door and entered, only to see that the small room was very tidy, except for a bed, a square table, and two benches, there was only one cabinet left to store clothes. At this time, the woman was half-leaning on the head of the bed, and her complexion was indeed much better than before, although her complexion still looked a little yellow, but it was not as sallow as before.

"Thank you Lord Yang for coming to the rescue, the little girl really doesn't know how to thank you." The woman was also like Yun Xian, and after seeing Yang Zhen, she thanked her gratefully, and turned her head to look at the little girl sleeping next to her, obviously her condition had also improved a little.

"Eldest sister's words are too polite, this is just a gesture for Zaixia, and it is nothing." Yang Zhen smiled modestly, then pulled over the stool very casually and sat at the head of the bed. Then he said: "Before the incident happened suddenly, I forgot to ask the eldest sister's name and identity, I wonder if you can easily tell me?" ”

"Little Girl...... The surname of the family is Wen, a single name is Wan, and the adult calls me Wen Wan, I can't be called that by the adult. The woman hesitated a little as she revealed her identity.

Yang Zhen didn't seem to notice her abnormality, but just smiled: "You are indeed older than me, and it is also appropriate to call you Sister Sheng." Sister Wen, you said you had something to tell me before, but about the mutiny? ”

The gentle man smiled softly as his name suggests: "Exactly." Didn't the adults suddenly break into the temple in the rain that night to find out about the matter? At that time, I wanted to tell the truth, but because of this disease, I couldn't give an answer. Now that I'm getting better, it's natural for me to tell you everything I know. ”

"Then I'll listen to you." Yang Zhen's spirits were lifted, and he unconsciously leaned the stool against the side of the bed, as if he could hear the gentle words more clearly.

Wen Wan just opened her mouth, but she thought of something again, and said with some concern: "My lord, are you so sure that what I said must be true?" I am the family of the rebels you call them. ”

"Sister Wen, you just have to say it, as for whether it's true or not, I'll tell." Since he was talking about business, Yang Zhen's expression was not as relaxed and friendly as before, and his tone was much harder.

Seeing this, Wen Wan put her mind at ease, and said softly: "In fact, if there is no way to live, who would take the risk to do such a thing?" My husband is a diligent and conscientious person, and all his life he just wants to live in peace, at most he just takes some risks on the battlefield, but he didn't expect the result to be ......" Speaking of this, her eyes have already burst into a few tears, and her heart is obviously not as calm and steady as she showed before.

This point Yang Zhen can also imagine, once the soldiers in the army make a rebellion, they will become thieves, even if they are not killed by the officials and soldiers in the previous counterinsurgency battles, they will definitely be arrested and questioned by the court in the future. If he was only a low-ranking soldier, it would be fine, but if he was a mid-ranking officer, the sin would be even greater.

But in this matter, Yang Zhen really can't comfort the other party, he doesn't dare to guarantee that as long as the other party tells the truth, he can guarantee the safety of her husband. So in the face of Wen Wan's worried and tangled look, he could only act as if he couldn't see anything.

After being sad for a while, Wen Wan returned to normal, and without any explanation, she continued the topic just now: "But those big men above will not let a powerless family like us have a good life, as early as many years ago, the husband's salary has often been in short supply. And compared to those other military comrades, he is not bad, at least the monthly salary can support his family......"

Yang Zhen frowned: "Why did she say it was because of the salary?" This is no different from the reason stated by Datong officials. ”

As if she saw Yang Zhen's thoughts, Wen Wan continued: "If there is only a shortage of salary, as long as our life can be lived, we will endure it." But then what the big men did was too much. It was evident that they could not satisfy their greed by deducting only the salaries of the soldiers below, so they turned their minds to our fields. ”

When Yang Zhen heard this, his heart perked up, and he finally had some new gains. After knowing that he would be in Datong, Yang Zhen deliberately had a general understanding of the Ming military system.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, Taizu created an unshakable military system, that is, the military household system of the guard. This is a military system born from the military system of the Tang Dynasty, with 5,600 people as a guard, and a thousand households and a hundred households were set up under it, which together became a guard. And these soldiers and horses, generally speaking, the imperial court only needs to pay a very small amount of military expenses to raise, because of the existence of the military household system.

Taizu established the country and divided the people of the world into several categories, such as private households, merchants, artisan households, and military households. This military household is actually treated as an ordinary person, since you are a common person, in addition to being a soldier, you have to have another livelihood. Generally speaking, it is farming, and military households have always been soldiers in wartime and farmers in peacetime. However, unlike ordinary peasants, their fields are allocated by the imperial court, and the taxes are much lower than ordinary land, which can be regarded as a benefit for military households.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang would never have dreamed that the benefits he created for the military households would have the opposite effect in the end. Because these lands have always been taxed in the official register, many generals in the army have their eyes on this piece of fat. At first, they only dared to take the land of a certain dead military household as their own, but as the benefits came into their hands, these people gradually became emboldened and began to attack the military households who were still alive.

Interchanging ordinary land elsewhere with the land of military households in order to obtain tax benefits is only the most conscientious means. After trying continuously and finding that the imperial court did not care, they became more and more emboldened, so they simply took all the land of the military households.

Although the sergeants who were taken away from their land were very dissatisfied with this, in an army with a strict hierarchy and a boss who could decide the life and death of his subordinates with a single word, they were helpless even if they were full of anger. Since there was no food and clothing, many military households began to flee, which led to the fact that the guards of the Ming Dynasty were often dissatisfied, and sometimes there were less than 500 people in a thousand households.

As a result, this situation not only failed to warn those generals, but allowed them to find another way to make money - eating short. You must know that the money allocated by the court to the armies was calculated according to the number of people registered, and as long as the generals did not report the facts, and they could not report the facts, they would have sent them on time. And the salaries of the sergeants who escaped naturally fell into the pockets of the generals. Naturally, the salary of one or two sergeants is not much, but once the number of people increases, it is also a lot of money.

Of course, this is not without its harm. The reason why the Ming Dynasty could not calm down the rebellion of the Japanese in the Jiajing Dynasty was because the guards in the south had long been less than fifty percent, and those who remained had no intention of serving the country, so they would naturally be defeated by the Japanese invaders.

Although after the peace of the Japanese, the imperial court also thought about changing the status quo. However, this kind of atmosphere has long accumulated and it is difficult to return, how can it be so easy to set things right. Now, even military towns such as Datong have already seen this situation.

But Yang Zhen felt a little strange, just deducting military salaries and taking away land property could make the soldiers rebel? At most, there are a large number of deserters in other places, is it possible that Datong's army is more powerful than elsewhere?

"Are there any more important reasons besides these two?" Yang Zhen continued to ask tentatively.

Wen Wan's expression froze: "There is another one, which is the most important ......"