Chapter 309: Tianjin Weixiang Rebellion
On the morning of September 17 in the sixth year of Wanli, everyone inside and outside the city had breakfast and prepared to go to work and carry out the day's busyness.
The incense stickers at the bow of the boat were depressed and panicked, not knowing what to do, and on September 16, the steamed bun shop run by Sha Erbao's sister and brother-in-law was smashed.
His family is really miserable, he went to the Qing Army Hall to complain, but he was kicked out, and the stall selling steamed buns at noon was smashed, and it is said that it was the hand of a few poor people wearing brocade clothes and uniforms.
Is this Jinyi Wei Qianhu Wang Tong really not letting everyone live, he actually made such a ruthless hand, what happened in the city originally, and the outside of the city would not know so quickly.
But now the leader of the bow incense is running inside and outside the city, and what is going on outside the city is also known, and the news spreads very quickly.
Seeing Sha Erbao's tragic situation, everyone thought of their own family, now it is so difficult to live, there are so many laborers who come to grab food outside, Jinyi Wei Qianhu Wang Tong is doing this again, what to do in the future, how to live.
When I was worried, I heard a rapid gong sound outside, and the gong beating the drum may not be a red and white joy or mourning, just beating the gong, it is generally an accident.
When some people were still wondering over there, the sound of the gong was noisy and chaotic, not a gong, as if there were gongs all around, so they had to go out and have a look.
Gongs rang out everywhere in the city and outside the city, and the gongs rang out in the places where the incense incense people gathered, and the gongs were struck by the heads, and some were the leaders of the Pingyue.
Pan Ming also knocked on the gong in his hand, and when he saw that there were more people coming out, he shouted loudly:
"Ladies and gentlemen who burn incense, we have been doing our duty to eat for so many years, we have never offended anyone, and we have not done anything hurtful, but someone doesn't let us live, everyone knows the things in Sha Erbao's brother's family, Sha Erbao is an honest child, how was he forced to a dead end."
In the past ten days, there has been continuous propaganda and agitation, everyone has a sense of anger in their hearts, everyone's faces are not good, Pan Ming is talking loudly here, and he can hear someone not far away talking about the same content.
"The big guy went into the city with me, I want to give Sha Erbao an explanation, and I want to give Sha Erbao's hard-working sister an explanation, if we don't get up again, we will be at a dead end when the time comes, and we will not survive!!"
After speaking, this Pan Ming struck the gong and walked towards the city, "Follow Pan to reason", "Let the dog official give an explanation", "Anyway, if you don't let our brother live, what are you afraid of!" ”
People have the psychology of conformity, and there is already resentment and despair in their hearts, one person follows, two people follow, and everyone else follows.
The leaders led the people out, and the people on the road gathered more and more, and they walked noisily in the direction of the Tianjin Acropolis.
There were almost more than 4,000 people on the bow of the boat outside the city, and the incense crowd gathered, and there were idlers who watched the excitement to follow, and the flow of people grew stronger and stronger.
Several official roads were blocked, and seeing such a mighty and menacing team, no cars, horses and pedestrians dared to stop in front, so they could only give way.
There are more and more people, the atmosphere is becoming more and more intense, and the mood that was still waiting and afraid of things is gradually getting excited.
At the gate of the Tianjin Acropolis, there were soldiers on duty as usual, and according to their rules, the first thing to do was to close the city gate and wait for reinforcements.
But today is good, seeing the people outside pressing, the first reaction of the soldiers guarding the gate is to dodge to both sides, not caring about the city gate at all, to put it in the past, the officer guarding the door must draw out a knife to kill a few stable military hearts, but today it is also strange, the officers are not afraid of military punishment, and run with the soldiers.
Originally, looking at the gate of the city, there were heavily armed soldiers, and the incense people who walked in the front were a little cowering, but when they saw those soldiers running away and dodging, they couldn't help but be a little more courageous.
As soon as this mighty flow of people entered the city, there was a big chaos in Tianjin, and the shops had already opened, and they were all stupid to see so many people surging in.
Immediately, they shouted at the guys to go to the door, shut the door, and each picked up their belongings to prepare, so that the situation of chaos and coaxing was the most likely to produce coaxing and smashing.
"There is still the Heavenly Principle King Law in this world, if you want to find a fair brother for Sha Erbao, come with me!!"
Not only did the flow of people from outside the city pour into the city, but there were also people in the city who instigated the momentum, and all the people flowed to one destination, that is, Wang Tong's mansion near the Drum Tower.
The soldiers of Panda and the servants of Gao Tongzhi of the Qing Military Department are all responsible for suppressing and pacifying, and they are all disappearing at this time.
Although the soldiers of Tianjin Jinyi Wei Qianhu patrol the streets every day, at this time it was the time of the night shift handover, and no one came out of the three courtyards, and the gate was locked.
As for the official office of Tianjin Jinyi Wei Qianhu, Hang Baihu wanted to let people close the gate, but the order did not go down, except for the twenty people under him, the rest of the people ran away, and he jumped there and scolded helplessly.
Tianjin Acropolis is a small place, thousands of people poured in from the bow of the ship, and there were people who watched the excitement, and the partial government did not take any measures to deal with it.
Before noon, the Tianjin Acropolis was already in complete chaos.
There is no shortage of things brought about by such chaos in the city, and there are already ruffians who have begun to take advantage of the fire to rob, and the people in the city are crying and screaming.
The road near the Drum Tower of the Tianjin Acropolis was blocked by water, and the mansion of Wang Tong, a thousand households in Jinyiwei, Tianjin, was surrounded by these people.
If it weren't for the soldiers guarding the wall with weapons, and the archers on the gatehouse at the front door and the back door, I am afraid that someone would have climbed over the wall and entered it.
Even so, the people outside were still there moving forward step by step, and someone shouted:
"I'm waiting for my life to come!!"
"The bow incense is a good citizen, why are you being forced to be cornered!!"
"There are old and young people in my family, if you don't give me a way to live, do you want me to die and the whole family can't do it!!"
"Brother Sha Erbaosha died miserably, who did he offend, why did he end up like this!!"
"Dog official, don't think that you can do anything wrong, there are other big lords in Tianjin City, and there are also long live lords and prime ministers in Jingshi!!"
"Dog officer, if you don't call us alive, we are not afraid of death!!"
Everyone in the bow of the boat was shouting and scolding, and they didn't know who started it, so they picked up bricks and stones from the ground and began to throw them.
The soldiers on the wall were caught off guard, and they didn't even have time to cover their heads and faces, so they fell directly into it, and only dared to show their heads after a while, and they were all holding shields in their hands to cover them.
In this way, the crowd gathered was more imposing, shouted louder, and continued to pour forward.
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Pan Ming, who was walking in the crowd with a gong, began to slow down after seeing the drum tower, and after taking a few steps, he suddenly dropped the gong to cover his stomach.
Someone on the side came to ask with concern, Pan Ming had a painful look on his face, and said weakly:
"It's not right to eat that bowl of porridge in the morning, I have a bad stomach, don't worry about me, brothers, just move forward, don't delay everyone because of me."
Everyone was emotional and didn't care about it so much, so they let this Pan Ming run to the side of the road with his stomach in his hands, and when the team passed, Pan Ming straightened up, obviously not hurting, so he hung at the end of the team and followed.
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Two days ago, Yang Sichen's whole family was taken into Wang Tong's mansion, Yang Sichen thought this was a recognition, but now he knows that this is obviously a disaster.
I had just finished breakfast in my own reading house, and I heard a buzzing sound outside, and I thought something was going on when I heard the noisy voices, and I wanted to go out to have a look, but I was stopped by the guards in the house, saying that the master ordered me not to go out.
Before half an hour had passed, the earth-shattering shouts and curses could be heard outside, and many of the servants ran inside, while the guards in the palace marched in a row with shields to the wall.
"It's a big deal, it's a big deal!!"
Yang Sichen is indeed smart, he immediately reacted to what it was, and then immediately reacted to what it meant, only to feel dizzy.
Coming out of Shen Shixing's side, leaving Jingshi and coming to Tianjin Wei, this is already his last place, if this side collapses, there is nowhere to go in the world, everything will be over.
The most important thing in the Ming officialdom is a stable word, whether you are a eunuch, a brocade guard or a local official, as long as the local crowd gathers to make trouble, no matter who is right or wrong, the official must be punished, and afterwards he must be demoted and demoted, or even removed from his reputation.
This is also the reason why the local herdsmen do not dare to offend the local heroes, these people are calling for wind and rain in the local area, and the slightest incitement is before thousands of people gather in the official office.
Then there will be officials who will say that you treat the people harshly and provoke the people, and your boss will also think that you are incapable and unable to suppress the scene.
This is also to blame myself, always thinking that Wang Tong has monopolized power, and the princes of the court and the central government are suspicious, but I didn't expect that the Tianjin Acropolis has been suppressed to a certain extent, and the slightest provocation is a big disaster, and now, this big disaster has started!
It must be appeased, and it must not make a bigger fuss, Yang Sichen walked quickly while his mind was spinning, and met Cai Nan, who also looked anxious, halfway through.
The guards in the mansion were calm, several generals were there to arrange the dispatch loudly, the female dependents walked inward, and a group of soldiers went to all parts of the courtyard wall, there were almost three hundred soldiers in the mansion, but this is also a drop in the bucket, if you really want to do it, I am afraid that you will not be able to defend it.
Wang Tong's residence was in the middle of the mansion, the door was open, and the guards at the door saw Cai Nan and Yang Sichen coming, they were all familiar with each other, so they naturally wouldn't stop them.
As soon as the anxious two entered the living room, they were stunned.
Wang Tong sat at the table, holding the dough cake in one hand, and picking up the cooked meat on the other, and was feasting, when he saw the two of them coming in, he said with a smile:
"If you want to have the strength to do things, you have to eat hard dough cakes and cooked beef, and you can't eat too much, seven points is just right."
The room was quiet, and only the voice of the "dog officer" outside came in......
(To be continued)