Chapter Seventy-Five: Quelling the Chaos [2]

This mutiny started because of the two of them, and as long as the two of them worked together, they could naturally handle it properly.

Wu Fu dealt with this matter and said, "Grandpa Luo, how are you going to deal with the aftermath?" ”

Luo Lun said: "Could it be that Lord Wu has any ideas? ”

"Grandpa Luo, I really have an idea here." A glimmer of light flashed in Wu Fu's eyes.

That night, the shouts of killing were loud, and they rang all night. Zhu Houhuang woke up three or four times in the night before finally falling asleep.

"Yesterday night, Zhendongwei, Meihua Qianhu, Dinghai Qianhu soldiers, overnight boat into the city. As soon as he entered the city, he began to exterminate the rebel army, "Wu Fengyi entered the city early this morning to inquire about the news with Jinyiwei, and when Zhu Houhuang had breakfast, he had already come back to report to Zhu Houhuang." "However, there are only more than 1,000 soldiers in the two thousand households, and as soon as they entered the city yesterday, Fuzhou Zuowei and Fuzhou Zhongwei immediately went right and assisted the officers and soldiers to kill the thieves."

Zhu Houhuang couldn't help frowning and said, "It's not right." According to what you said, this battle didn't last long, so why did you shout and kill almost all night yesterday. ”

Wu Fengyi said: "As soon as the soldiers of Zhendongwei are killed, they can't be restrained, together with the Fuzhou Left Guard and Fuzhou Zhongwei anyway, they plundered the city, and they didn't stop until dawn. ”

Zhu Houhuang suddenly lost his appetite and put a pair of chopsticks on the bowl. He closed his eyes deeply: "Is this the soldier of the Ming Dynasty?" ”

The Ming Dynasty's military system has been corrupted, and it is not a day or two. Zhu Houhuang followed Zhengde to Datong, and naturally knew that he would let his soldiers be saints and not take a stitch from the masses. It's simply impossible. But I didn't expect that these soldiers had degenerated to this point, killing the common people more than killing the enemy, as if killing the common people was their own duty, and killing the enemy was just a part-time job.

How can he have an appetite to eat?

It took him a while to calm down, and he couldn't manage such a thing, and he couldn't manage it. After all, he is not the governor of Fujian, and he is not in his position and does not seek his own politics. When his special status brought him some benefits, it also brought him some restrictions, such as now, he has to be cautious about anything about military power.

"Go on." Zhu Houhuang opened his eyes, picked up the chopsticks again, took a bite of the side dish and said.

"At midnight yesterday, hundreds of people from Fujian's right guard were killed, and the rest surrendered. Immediately, more than 1,000 rebels led by Zhendongwei rebelled to chaos in Fuzhou City. Gonggong Luo ordered a reprimand and withdrew his troops before dawn. The streets in Fuzhou are bad. There are countless shops that have been robbed, but fortunately, most of these rebels are seeking money, and there are no dead hands, so there are not many people who die, only a dozen. ”

There were only a dozen, Zhu Houhuang's hand pinched the chopsticks fiercely, and the whole chopsticks trembled slightly. The death of a person in the next life is a big deal, but here overnight, a dozen lives are a small matter at all. made Zhu Houhuang feel a deep sense of powerlessness. How the hell should this world change?

"Report," a voice interrupted Wu Fengyi's words. A person knelt in front of Zhu Houhuang's dinner table.

"Say." Zhu Houhuang's tone was as cold as a piece of ice.

"Master Wu and Gonggong Luo have sent someone to give gifts."

"Gifts, what gifts? Let the giver in. A goatee came in, he was dressed as a master, and said, "Master Wu, Master Qianliang, I have seen His Royal Highness King Yong." ”

Wu Fengyi leaned into Zhu Houhuang's ear and said, "This person is Wu Fu's cronies. ”

Zhu Houhuang nodded and said, "What kind of gifts?" ”

The master said: "There are seventeen ships of one thousand materials, twenty-three ships of five hundred materials, and two thousand sailors. 20,000 stone of grain. ----”

The list is very long, Zhu Houhuang listened to it for a long time, he was very puzzled in his heart, if Wu Fu had money in his hand, he would not be able to get 30,000 taels, just this list, Zhu Houhuang had more than 10,000 taels of silver. But if he doesn't have money, where did these things come from?

After the master finished reporting the list, Zhu Houhuang didn't keep him, and sent it out.

Zhu Houhuang asked Wu Fengyi and said, "Where did these things come from?" ”

Wu Fengyi's face stopped talking, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "The minister estimates that most of this is the stuff of Fuzhou Sanwei, and the small half is the stuff of the people in the city." ”

Zhu Houhuang's face immediately stiffened, and he said: "In other words, the robbery in the second half of the night yesterday was not an accident, but a premeditated plan. Zhu Houhuang roared in his heart: "Wu Fu should die, Luo Lun should die." ”

But what if Zhu Houhuang scolded in his heart? Don't look at Luo Lun respectfully in front of Zhu Houhuang, as if a mouse sees a cat, just think that Zhu Houhuang can do something to Luo Lun. Wrong, big mistake, as soon as Zhu Houhuang left the capital, even Qian Ning changed his attitude towards him. Is it good that Luo Lun is a slave, but he is a slave and maid, a slave of Zhengde, not a slave of Zhu Houhuang.

Although Zhu Houhuang has some affection for Zhengde, he also knows that these feelings cannot withstand consumption. He couldn't spend these feelings on a town guard eunuch.

Immediately afterwards, Luo Lun's gift list was also sent, and Zhu Houhuang did not let Luo Lun's people come in this time, but only took the gift list. There are not many things sent by this Luo Lun, there is only one thing, and that is the population. He exiled the entire Fuzhou Sanwei people, which was equivalent to packing up forty or fifty thousand people and sending them to Zhu Houhuang.

Zhu Houhuang pinched this gift list, and only felt extremely hot.

There was a feeling of wanting to escape, "Why?" Zhu Houhuang secretly said in his heart: "Why? What I wanted, and what I ended up with, always backfired. "He needs someone to solve his doubts, and there is only one person around him who can solve his doubts, and that is Tang Yin.

Zhu Houhuang let out a sigh of relief and said, "Please come to Mr. Tang." ”

Not long after, Tang Yin came. Zhu Houhuang was a little distracted and said: "Today's matter, please ask Mr. to solve the confusion for Lonely." ”

Tang Yin said: "Your Highness, why do you have any doubts? ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Wu Fu has caused tens of thousands of people to be displaced. I didn't want to take it, so I let Luo Lun do it. But I don't want to end up with this result. Why? ”

Tang Yin suddenly saluted Zhu Houhuang respectfully and said, "Your Highness has such benevolence, then great things can be accomplished." ”

Zhu Houhuang was taken aback and said, "Sir, why should you be like this. ”

Tang Yin said: "Thousands of miles for officials are only for money, and it has already spread all over the world, is this a lie?" The minister does not deny that there are diligent and honest officials, but there are very few, and the Ming Dynasty's income is extremely low, and prices have changed for more than 100 years. It has reached the point where it is impossible to support the family alone. If the decree of Taizu's time is used, all the officials in the world will not be able to escape a knife. Now he favors the eunuchs. And the eunuchs who have no descendants are even more greedy for money. Fish begins to rot from the head. From the top down, morality collapses, and bribery becomes the norm. His Royal Highness is from the capital, and he is favored by the present, and the people below will naturally please His Highness. The things that His Highness has done, and the people of the name and eye, know where the root is, and it lies in the household registration. Therefore, if Grandpa Luo wants to please you, he will vote for His Royal Highness, which is a natural thing. ”

Zhu Houhuang asked, "Then what should I do if I want to rescue these people?" ”

Tang Yin said: "It's very simple, reflecting the benevolence of His Highness, they naturally know what to do." ”

"I only learned today that what is good at the top must be followed by the bottom." Zhu Houhuang muttered.

"It's just this one thing, I'm afraid it's too late." Tang Yin said: "The rebel Sanwei is assigned to Dongyong, although it can be operated secretly, but Luo Lun will definitely play, and even the performance is now gone." Even if they can recover the twists, they may not be able to save their fate of exile. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Mr. Tang, please go to the two of you, didn't they send a lot of food?" Feed these people with this grain first. We must let them experience the benevolence of Lonely, and they can't do such things anymore. ”

Tang Yin smiled secretly in his heart, Zhu Houhuang clearly wanted to get the human resources of these 40,000 or 50,000 people, but he felt that his conscience was uneasy like this, and he repeatedly entangled contradictions.

Tang Yin said: "The minister will definitely spread His Highness's benevolence to the world. ”

Zhu Houhuang got up and sent Tang Yin out.