"The new governor of Xuanda, the loyal and brave Marquis Yueyang, is going to re-measure the military field and allocate land!"

This news blew through the entire land of Sanjin like a violent wind, and all the military households began to boil.

Shanxi has always been under the front line of the fight against the Mongols and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so the number and scale of the guards here are very large, a total of Taiyuan left guard, Taiyuan right guard, Taiyuan avant-garde, Zhenwu guard, Pingyang guard, Zhenxi guard, Datong left guard, Datong right guard, Datong avant-garde, Ulzhou guard, Shuozhou guard and other seventeen guards, the heyday of the guard station has more than 200,000 permanent troops. But with the changes in the world, today's guards have long since transformed into a group of tenants who will only land for the officers, and with the flight of a large number of military households, there are only about 100,000 troops left in Shanxi Guards, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled.

After hundreds of years of evolution, the officers of the guard have long regarded the military field as their own field, and now Yueyang wants to take away these fields, which is undoubtedly digging their lifeline, many of the officers of the guard station heard the news after their eyes were red, many people have shouted that there is no fatal slogan to sharpen the knife and play with Yueyang, in just half a month, there have been dozens of guards in the whole territory of Shanxi to resist the re-measurement of the land.

In the face of this situation, the entire Ming Dynasty turned their attention to Shanxi, from Zhu Youzhen to Yang Sichang, from the important ministers of the imperial court to the officials and imperial historians everywhere all stared at the three acres of Shanxi to see what to do with the loyal and brave marquis who has always been known for his toughness.

And Yue Yang did not live up to their hopes, and soon the army of 30,000 foot cavalry from Yingzhou and Hunyuan Prefecture successively drove to the guards in Shanxi, and they divided into dozens of roads with a team of 1,000 people to rush to the guards like locusts......

And these days, Yang Guozhu, Hu Dawei, Tang Tong and Wang Pu, the general soldiers, seem to live behind closed doors, but they secretly keep in touch, and they quickly receive the news as soon as there is any movement in various places.

Among these commanders-in-chief. To say that the richest person is Wang Pu, the head snake. Wang Pu was originally a Datong person, his father Wang Wei once worshiped the governor of Zuodu, it can be said that Wang Pu is a second-generation official, his family has more than 80,000 acres of fertile land, from this point of view, he is a big landlord and has never wronged him, and in the land owned by his family, there are many of them who have embezzled the military field, so Yue Yang has the biggest loss to the military field this time.

"Sanwa'er, you should say something, those Yingzhou soldiers took away all my fields!"

In the living room of Wang Pu's house. There was a large circle of people, Wang Pu sat in the first place, and there were seven or eight middle-aged and elderly people around him, and a middle-aged man in his forties was crying with snot and tears.

Because he was at home, Wang Pu was just wearing a very ordinary purple robe, and the whole person leaned on the chair and closed his eyes motionlessly, if it weren't for the fingers he put on the armrest were rhythmically flicking the armrest, maybe people would have thought he was asleep.

After a long time, Wang Pucai opened his eyes and said impatiently to the crying middle-aged man, "Seventh uncle." Why are you crying, I sue you, those lands are going to be taken away by Marquis Yue, and it's useless for you to look for me. Besides, those lands originally belonged to the imperial court, and now they belong to us when they take them back, and there is nothing to say no. ”

"What the imperial court. That's our family, it's surnamed Wang! As soon as Wang Pu's words were finished, the middle-aged man who was still in tears immediately jumped up: "These lands have belonged to our Wang family for two or three generations, how did they become the imperial court?" Why does the imperial court not come early or late, but why do you want to take it back now? I'm not convinced! ”

Looking at the thunderous elder of the clan. Wang Pu waved his hand weakly: "Seventh uncle, it's okay if you don't accept it, then you can quickly snatch it back." I didn't stop you. ”

"Sanwazi, what are you talking about?" The seventh uncle stood up and stared, and he didn't even have time to wipe his tears before he shouted: "What, when you become the chief soldier, you are angry, and you won't even help the seventh uncle if he has something?" also helps outsiders to speak, look at these uncles, we didn't hurt you much when we were children, and now that we have grown up and become a general soldier, even our relatives don't recognize you, are you worthy of your dead father? ”

"yes." The surrounding people also shouted, these people are Wang Pu's elders, so there is not so much respect between the words, and they all said: "Three babies, you can't write two Wang characters in one stroke, how can our Wang family say that it is also a figure with a head and a face in Datong, and now people are going to cut off our roots, you are the general soldier of Datong and you don't know how to resist if you are ridden to your neck and, and you won't be laughed to death when you pass it out." ”

"Fart!"

I only heard Wang Pu shouting loudly, and he stared at these Wang family's clansmen with red eyes and shouted: "You say one by one that I am the master, let me be the master, I ask you, what do you want me to do?" Led the troops to besiege the Governor's Palace, or to intimidate the Hou Ye? Otherwise, I'll give you 3,000 soldiers and horses, and you yourself will lead the troops to get those fields back, okay? ”

"This ......"

A group of people, you look at me, I look at you, they don't speak, these people are not all fools, on the contrary, these people who have lived for most of their lives are all proficient, and it is naturally no pressure to instigate Wang Pu to come out and pick up cheap things in the back, but if you really want them to lift their knives and guns and go into battle in person, don't even think about it.

Seeing that everyone was speechless, Wang Pu sneered, his own clansmen really regard themselves as fools, today's Yueyang soldiers are strong and strong, and they want money and money, and they all know that he is going to do a big job ambitiously, and whoever dares to stand in front of him at this time will definitely become the target of his knife. I'm not so stupid, isn't it just some good land, it's gone, it's gone, and then I'll make up for it from somewhere else, but if my life is gone, it's all over.

"What's the matter, you're silent? Aren't you clamoring to get all the fields back? Okay, I'll lend you the soldiers, and you can rob them yourself, why don't you move? ”

Facing Wang Pu's questioning, all the people of the Wang family smiled brightly: "The third baby said that it was funny, how can we lead the troops, since you don't want to, then forget it, let's think about it again, so what...... Let's go first. ”

"Don't give ......"

Wang Pu stretched out his voice, picked up the teacup and made a gesture of sending off the guests.

Wait until all the people are gone. A middle-aged woman in her forties walked out accompanied by two little maids, and when she saw this woman, Wang Pu hurriedly greeted her and helped her to her seat, so she whispered: "Mother, why did you come out in person." ”

The woman looked at him and sighed lightly and said, "You child, so many uncles in the clan have come to beg you to do things, but you don't give face to others at all, if it spreads, won't you let others poke our backbone?" ”

This woman is Wang Pu's mother, Wang Baishi, and when she saw her own mother's culture, Wang Pu had to smile bitterly: "Mother, the child would rather let people poke the child's backbone, than lose his life and break the foundation of the Wang family!" ”

"Ah...... So strict! Wang Bai couldn't help but be taken aback. Although she said that she could help if she could, it was on the premise of not harming her own interests, and now when she heard that the consequences were so strict, she immediately worried about her son.

"It's nothing, it's just that Marquis Yue wants to take back the general's fields." Wang Pu told the truth of the matter one by one, and Wang Bai couldn't help but say a little angrily after hearing it: "This loyal and brave marquis is also domineering, right?" These are nominally true of the imperial court, but the imperial court has not spoken, why should he take back these military fields for the imperial court, he is too lenient. Isn't he afraid that the court will blame him? ”

Seeing his indignant mother, Wang Pu smiled bitterly and said: "Mother, why don't you understand, the loyal and brave marquis has a heavy army." How can you be afraid of the court, haven't you seen him do so many outrageous things, and the court doesn't even dare to say a word? Since people dare to do such a thing, they are naturally not afraid of the resistance of the imperial court and the guard. You don't know, just two days ago, Marquis Yue's subordinates went to the left guard of Datong to convert all those military households into civilian households. The commander made Xie Wenhui lead the troops to resist, but they were killed on the spot by a row of firearms, more than 100 people died on the spot, Xie Wenhui was killed on the spot, and the rest of the people were all scattered in a hurry. Mother...... That's the lesson! ”

"So ruthless?" Wang Baishi gasped. "This Marquis Yue, he really has this hand, if it is reported to the court, it will be a big crime of rebellion! Although my mother doesn't know anything about military affairs, she also knows that the military household is the rules set by Emperor Taizu himself, and he dares to turn the military households into private households without authorization, which is a big crime of the nine clans! ”

"You just found out!" Wang Pu's face was bitter, "Now that there are soldiers in this year, it is the King of Caotou, and the court can't manage it even if it wants to." You just say that the ancestor of Liaodong has a birthday, people don't even obey the emperor's will, and the court can't do anything about him? And every year, I have to send the silver and food for nothing, and I have never dared to be in short supply for so many years, why, isn't it that people have soldiers in their hands? Let's talk about Zuo Liangyu, have you done less to grab food and kill good people? But not only are people fine, but the officials are getting bigger and bigger, isn't it because people have soldiers in their hands? ”

As soon as Wang Pu said this, Wang Bai finally understood a little, she sighed and stood up and said excitedly: "That's it, you can make your own decisions about these things, my mother is old, and I can't manage some things if I want to." Alas...... When is this troubled world a head......

After speaking, Wang Bai's family, accompanied by the maid, slowly walked towards the inner house......

At the beginning, the work of measuring the military fields encountered great resistance, but with the march of troops into various guard posts and brutal suppression, after three months all the military fields in Shanxi were finally recovered, and in this operation, a total of 49 battles broke out, more than 4,000 people were killed and wounded, and more than 80 officers of more than 100 households died.

At the end of the three-month campaign, a total of 845,767 mu of military land was recovered, and all 121,532 military households were converted into civilian households. Yue Yang also distributed these fields to those military households, but Yue Yang did not give them for free, but divided these military fields into fifty-three farms according to the region, and sent officials to manage these farms.

In this operation to recover the military fields, Yue Yang showed his minions to everyone in Shanxi for the first time, and he used bayonets and firearms to tell all the officials in Shanxi, big and small, that from now on, he would have the final say in the affairs of Shanxi. Yue Yang made such a big fuss, it stands to reason that the impeachment of him should have been piled up on Zhu Youxiao's desk a long time ago, but it is surprising that such a big thing happened, and the Ming government and the opposition seemed to know nothing, almost no one mentioned this matter, and occasionally a few letters of impeachment of Yue Yang disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye like a stone sinking into the sea.

In Kunning Palace, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youxiao sat on a low table and flipped through a picture album boringly, but the focus in his eyes was never on this album, and it was obvious that his mind was not here.

Concubine Tian and Empress Zhou on the side sat aside. Seeing Chongzhen's absent-minded look, she sighed lightly in her heart, but asked with a smile on her face: "Your Majesty, can this album of Sister Tian still be in your eyes?" ”

A few days ago, Tian Guifei made a picture album called "Qunfang Tu" in order to make Chongzhen happy, which is twenty-four paintings of fine brushwork, Chongzhen is very appreciative on weekdays, and specially called the royal supervisor to use the precious yellow brocade to decorate the book, and often take it out to appreciate on weekdays. These days, Tian Guifei has drawn another book, and today I specially sent it to Chongzhen to make him happy.

After listening to Queen Zhou's words, Chongzhen came back to his senses and smiled: "This album of Concubine Tian Aifei is very wonderful, I like it very much, so I will put it here for the queen first." I'll enjoy it later when I have time. After speaking, Chongzhen put the album in his hand on the low table.

Seeing Chongzhen, she looked a little absent-minded, and Queen Zhou couldn't help but ask with concern: "Your Majesty, it is said that according to the ancestral system, the concubines should not ask about your affairs, but the concubines and the sisters of the Tian family seem to be in a trance when they see you for the past two days...... You might as well tell your heart, although the two concubines can't share your worries, but maybe you will feel better after saying it. ”

Seeing Empress Zhou's cautious appearance. Chongzhen smiled, sighed lightly, shook his head, and said, "Actually, it's nothing, isn't it a matter from Liukou and Xuanda." These days, the rogues are wandering around, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting are constantly asking the court for silver and food, where will I go to get them food and salary for a while? ”

"What about Xuanda? What happened again? Tian Guifei on the side asked curiously: "Although the concubine is in the deep palace. But I also heard that the Mongolian Tartars in the Xuanda area have been killed by the imperial court, why did they worry the emperor again? ”

As soon as he heard Xuanda, a complicated look appeared on Chongzhen's face, and he shook his head gloomily.

Seeing this, Queen Zhou and the others couldn't help but be curious. "Your Majesty, could it be that something happened to Xuanda's side?"

It stands to reason that according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the harem is not allowed to intervene in national affairs. Originally, Chongzhen was also the most important person, and if Queen Zhou asked like this on weekdays, she would definitely be reprimanded by Chongzhen, but in the past two days, Chongzhen has really held his stomach and has nowhere to talk, so he said today.

"It's not that Yueyang who made trouble, Zitong, you know, a few days ago, Yueyang sent troops to Taiyuan and Datong without authorization, and I sent Yang Sichang to Taiyuan to ask him why he sent troops without authorization, and ordered him to withdraw immediately. But this guy actually said that it was to avenge Hong Chengchou for sending someone to assassinate his generals, either I named him the governor of Xuanda and the governor of Shanxi, or handed Hong Chengchou over to him for disposal, what do you say I should do? ”

"Oh my God......" Tian Guifei on the side covered her mouth in shock, "Isn't it tantamount to rebellion to send troops without the order of the imperial court?" ”

Chongzhen smiled bitterly, "Who said it wasn't, but what can I do, now that the court is weak and rampant, the court has long been powerless, if Yue Yang rebels again, I'm afraid that the Ming Dynasty will really die in my hands, for the sake of the ancestors' inheritance, I have to agree to his unreasonable request, I am really ashamed of my ancestors!" After speaking, Chongzhen's thin face left two lines of tears, which frightened Queen Zhou, Tian Guifei and a group of palace maids and eunuchs knelt down and shouted that they should die.

Chongzhen shook his head bitterly and waved his hand to signal everyone to stand up.

"This is my own incompetence, what do you have to do!" Since he had already said it, Chongzhen simply said that he was happy, after all, the emperor is also a human being and he has to find someone to talk to, he wiped his tears and continued: "A few days ago, Luo Yangxing came to report, Yue Yang actually started to make trouble again in Shanxi, and he actually put away all the military fields. And all the military households of the guard house have been converted into civilian households, many guards officers do not obey, this thief actually went on a killing ring, killing more than 100 households of more than 100 officers, hundreds of guards, thousands of military households, this thief is mad so far, it is really rare since the opening of the Ming Dynasty, you say...... How can I not be angry, how can I not be heartwarmed? ”

Empress Zhou and Concubine Tian looked at each other, they didn't expect that Yue Yang to be so bold, his behavior is no different from rebellion, even if it is to punish the nine clans, but the problem is that the court is stunned that he has no way but to let him come nonsense, this is undoubtedly a slap in the face of Zhu Youxiao.

Queen Zhou and the two didn't know how to comfort Zhu Youzhen, and finally Queen Zhou and Tian Guifei had to step forward and gently hug their husbands and put their pretty faces on his chest, the three of them hugged each other for a long time, and smelled two faint fragrances in their noses, Zhu Youzhen felt much better, and finally sighed: "This Yueyang, if it can be used by me, it will be Huo Qubing and Li Jing in the world, but it's a pity, this thief is too harboring evil intentions, and I will have to punish him sooner or later!" ”

Just when Chongzhen gritted his teeth at Yue Yang, who was thousands of miles away, this person had already slipped into the modern era...... (To be continued......)