In Ningxia City, outside the Yamen of the Patrol Mansion, in the ice and snow, there was a group of ragged military households.

Shi Jifang, the deputy envoy of the governor, stood on the steps of the yamen, stared at the military households below, and reprimanded sharply: "You are waiting for the arrears of taxes to the imperial court, and you are still complaining about the unissued winter clothes. Think about it, if the people of the world don't pay taxes, how can the court have the money to give you winter clothes? ”

One of the 100 households named Liu Dongyang raised his head, a trace of hatred flashed across his face, but his mouth was still telling forgiveness: "Deputy Envoy Shi, please plead to the governor, we did not deliberately default on taxes, in fact, it was a great drought last year, and we waited for a bad harvest in the tuntian, so I implore the governor to make it clear to the court that I and other military households will be exempted from paying taxes for one year." I haven't been paid for seven months, and my brothers have to live on the little money in the fields. ”

Shi Jifang said: "The harvest in Tuntian is not good, can you complain about the governor?" You see those military households in the people's detention centers, they can still grow vegetables and earn money in winter, why don't you learn from them? ”

Liu Dongyang said: "The military households of the Pingyu Institute are the Xiao Shen general of the Mengping Detention Center, who got the glaze for them, and also opened mines to mine coal, and every household received coal. The military households in Ningxia City are children without fathers and mothers, and the glazed tiles alone are not something we can afford to buy, how can we afford to build a greenhouse to grow vegetables. If Deputy Envoy Shi can say that the governor will advance money to buy glazed tiles for us, we can also grow vegetables to earn money. ”

The scope of the entire Ningxia is not very large, and the things in the Pingyu Institute will definitely be transmitted to Ningxia City. Out of low-key considerations, Su Hao didn't let people say that the glazed tiles were provided by the survey camp, and only credited Xiao Ruxun's head. These military households in Ningxia City, while envying the good luck of their colleagues in Pingyu, are naturally resentful of their superiors.

Dang Xin is a person with high eyes, in his eyes, not to mention the lower-level military households, even a general with a heavy army like Bibai is just a vulgar martial artist. Dang Xin firmly believes. No one dared to challenge his authority, so he behaved very arrogantly. After his arrival, he repeatedly owed the sergeants food and salaries, and the winter clothes that should be distributed according to the regulations were also cancelled by him. Not only that, but he also ignored the life and death of the military households, urging the military households to pay the taxes of Tuntian, which aroused the anger of the military households.

This time, Liu Dongyang, Xu Chao, Liu Chuanbai, Zhang and other lower-level officers made an appointment to petition the governor's yamen. I hope that Dang Xin can hear the voice of the lower strata, which is somewhat of a coercion of public opinion. Who knew that Dang Xin didn't care at all, and sent a deputy envoy out to shout at everyone and insult them.

"The governor advanced money for you to buy glazed tiles, do you think there is a mountain of gold in the governor's yamen? The governor is an honest official, and his sleeves are clean, how can he have spare money to spend on your head? Shi Jifang said.

Hearing Shi Jifang's words, the sergeants all clamored. There is something unclean in and out of the words. They can't count how much the sergeants deserve to be paid by Dang Xin embezzlement, but the sergeants can see Dang Xin's profligacy on weekdays. Shi Jifang said that Dang Xin's sleeves were breezy. This is simply an insult to everyone's eyes, how can everyone not be angry.

"Lord Dang, this can't be done." In the second hall of the governor's yamen, Jiang Tingfu, the camp officer, begged Dang Xin bitterly: "The subordinate officer heard many sergeants in the camp complaining. If it is left unchecked, I am afraid that it will provoke a mutiny, and then it will be troublesome. ”

"Mutiny?" Dang Xin sneered. "Just these few people at the door, dare to mutiny?"

"My lord, there are indeed not many people at the door, but the entire Ningxia Wei guards are related to them, I am afraid that when the time comes, there will be one person calling at night, and the chaos will be four." Jiang Tingfu said, at this time, the noise outside the mansion was getting louder and louder, Jiang Tingfu pointed outside, and said to Dang Xin: "My lord, listen, if you continue to make trouble like this, I am afraid that more and more people will gather." ”

"Tell them when I go out." Dang Xin said.

Jiang Tingfu had the heart to ask Dang Xin what he wanted to say, but he also knew that Dang Xin had always been stubborn and self-serving, and he would not discuss anything with his subordinates at all. He came to the door with Dang Xin with apprehension, and saw Liu Dongyang and others shouting loudly, asking to see the governor. Seeing Dang Xin appear at the door, everyone fell silent all of a sudden.

"What are you arguing about!" Dang Xin saw that he was able to quiet the scene as soon as he appeared, and he was quite proud in his heart, he made a straight face and reprimanded everyone: "You are making a loud noise outside the governor's door, but do you want to rebel!" ”

"The governor forgives the villain, the villain does not dare to rebel, I just want to ask the governor to understand the villain's difficulties, do not urge the villain's taxes, the villain will abide by the law and will not cause chaos to the adult." Liu Dongyang said.

Dang Xin said: "Listen to what you mean, if this governor doesn't agree to your request, you won't abide by the law?" ”

Liu Dongyang's words were originally a soft attitude, and there was no intention of coercion. After Dang Xin's interpretation, it seems that he is hinting at something. He is a bloody man, and it is already very contrary to his nature to beg so hard, and Dang Xin provoked him, he couldn't deny it, so he simply stiffened his neck and replied: "Since the governor said so, the villain can only admit it." If the villain can't survive, he will inevitably take risks. ”

"You dare!" Dang Xin said loudly: "If you want to blackmail your boss with chaos, this governor will never agree." If you want to make trouble, aren't you afraid of killing your head and exterminating your race! ”

As soon as these words were spoken, all the sergeants were silent, but everyone's eyes turned blood-red and their teeth were gritted. Liu Dongyang held back his anger, raised his hand and gave a fist salute to Dang Xin, and said: "The governor has made up his mind, and the villain does not dare to disobey and retires." ”

With that, he turned around and said to his colleagues, "Brothers, let's go." ”

One by one, the sergeants stood up and turned to leave, their feet creaking on the thin snow, each striking on Jiang Tingfu's heart. Jiang Tingfu smiled bitterly and said to Dang Xin: "Lord Party, the grievances of the sergeant should not be so suppressed. ”

"Do they dare to rebel?" Dang Xin said disapprerovingly, "I don't believe that tens of thousands of people in Ningxia Wei will follow them to rebel, they can pull up dozens of people at best, I can wipe them all out with just one word, where are they afraid?" ”

"The party lord is decisive in killing, and the officials admire it." Jiang Tingfu mocked helplessly.

Besides, Liu Dongyang and others left the governor's yamen with a stomach full of anger, walked for a while, and saw a tavern on the side of the road, Liu Dongyang greeted him, and everyone walked into the tavern, shouting loudly that Xiao Er would take wine and serve food, in order to get drunk and dispel sorrows.

"This bastard surnamed the party, just now Lao Tzu really wanted to go out and strangle him to death!"

After thirty years of drinking, the blood of the sergeants was hot, and the chief flag officer Xu Chao shouted indignantly.

"Old Xu Shenyan, don't let people hear it." Liu Chuanbai, another general flag, reminded that he had noticed that many people in the tavern were looking sideways at them.

Xu Chao's voice did not decrease at all, and he said: "I'm afraid of a bird, just now I saw that Brother Liu didn't speak, but if Brother Liu said it, I can strangle all the people surnamed Dang and Shi to death alone." ”

"It's easy to strangle them, what will happen in the future?" Liu Dongyang asked, "Dang Xin is right, killing officials and rebelling is a big crime of killing the head and exterminating the clan. Let's just fight for our own lives, even the three clans, how can we bear it? ”

"If we really kill Dang Xin, we will occupy this Ningxia Wei and be the master of our own house, who can help us wait?" Xu Chao said.

Liu Chuanbai said: "With just a few of us, can we occupy Ningxiawei?" ”

"The brothers in our camp have long thought the opposite, as long as Brother Liu takes the lead, I think that at least 2,000 brothers in each guard can follow Brother Liu." Xu Chaodao.

Liu Dongyang waved his hand and said: "How can I have such a great appeal, besides, even if there are 2,000 brothers who are willing to follow me, compared with the army of the imperial court, it is only a drop in the penny, unless ......"

"Unless what?" Xu Chao and Liu Chuanbai asked at the same time.

"Unless there's a general soldier in charge of you, right?" Without waiting for Liu Dongyang to answer, everyone heard someone behind them answer in a gloomy voice.

"Command!" All the sergeants turned their heads to look, and they all quickly stood up, and they recognized that the person who spoke was one of the commanding generals of Ningxia Wei and the godson of Bibai, Biyun.

"You may be seated." Biyun laughed, pulled a stool and sat down, and raised his hand to beckon everyone to sit down.

Everyone was chatting privately and was overheard by the superior officers, and they were all nervous, not knowing what the other party would think. Biyun was not in a hurry, he poured himself a glass of wine and drank it first, and then said slowly: "General Ben knows everything about everyone." There are some things that are purely official coercion and rebellion, not to mention General Ben, even General Bi is deeply sympathetic to you. ”

"Mr. Bi also knows about us?" Liu Dongyang asked.

Biyun smiled slightly: "Is there anything else in Ningxia City that General Bi doesn't know?" Besides, who is Dang Xin's guy, everyone knows that last time my brother Chengen was scolded by Dang Xin with a military stick, do you think that the general soldier didn't lick the calf? ”

Biyun is the righteous son of Bi Bai, and he is commensurate with Bi Chengen as a brother. The incident he said was quite sensational in Ningxia Wei at that time, because the father and son of the Bi family have always said everything in Ningxia Wei, but Bi Chengen actually suffered from Dang Xin's military stick, how can it not be shocking.

Liu Dongyang calmed down when he heard Biyun say this. As a Han Chinese officer, he was a little suspicious of the Tatar-born Bibai. Among the officers and soldiers of Ningxia Wei, the talk that Bibai might rebel has never been extinct, and now when several of them are angry and threaten to rebel, Biyun runs to intervene, and Liu Dongyang can't help but think more about Bibai's motives.

"Commander, what does General Soldier want us to do?" Liu Dongyang asked.

Biyun smiled: "General Bi is just sympathetic to your situation, but he didn't think about what he wants you to do, Liu Baihu don't misunderstand." Today's matter, if you can endure it, General Bi will naturally not care, don't you think? ”

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