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Chapter four hundred and sixty second trouble

The emperor put a list of the things he wanted to do with him, and there were too many things he would do in the next few years.

But there is one thing that is more important than Zhang Juzheng's illness, primary school education without any clues.

The officers and soldiers of Hangzhou City were raising wages, and local governments sent a message to transfer border troops south to suppress them.

This happened not long ago, and the emperor who received the news was shocked: "You can just give him the salary. Why should I suppress what I should pay? And even if it is suppressed, I will transfer the border troops? Not to mention the war in the northern border, the border troops have been celebrated in the Chinese New Year."

This is very strange, and the emperor has nowhere to complain.

However, following the telegram the next day, the emperor understood the whole story of everything.

Hangzhou City is located in the southeast city. The government and army are making money, so they should give it to others. When they are in the army, they should pay what they should pay. Later, after asking carefully, they found out that the veteran soldiers of the Southeast era of the Japanese suppression of the Japanese were rushing to pay.

In fact, it was already very late when the emperor knew about this.

The wages were made by the old soldiers of the Japanese during the period of Hu Zongxian. The older ones were nearly fifty years old and the younger ones were thirty years old. Because later the Japanese pirates gradually subsided, they stopped recruiting soldiers. They used these people to gather a total of 45,000 people in the nine camps. In the past, they prepared for the Japanese, and later the seven camps prevented floods and the second camps guarded the city. The military wages were nine cents of monthly silver.

Due to the Japanese riots in the past, the number of soldiers recruited in the southeast camp exceeded the normal period. The number of soldiers was too large and the cost was too much. However, they were in the army for half their lives and were unwilling to release their troops and return to the fields.

Therefore, the Governor-Civilian Wu Shanyan suggested to the court that the local military pay should be reduced by one-third.

The court has now carried out Wanli Tongbao, which is not the Asian banknote, but the new copper coins issued by Emperor Wanli, who gradually felt that his civil and military skills were capable of moving beyond his father and ancestors.

In Beijing, where there are many copper coins, one Wanli Tong Baoneng exchanges two old coins.

But in Zhejiang, it is the opposite. Exchange money to have a price but no market, and this price is an old money to exchange for two Wanli Tongbao.

At this price, you can't change it, because they are unwilling to use copper coins. There are psychological reasons here. In the southeast where the commodity economy is developing and prospering, people use a lot of silver. Even ordinary people who actually don't have much money, they have to use broken silver to gain face.

Originally, the military pay was reduced, and the military pay was also paid by Wanli Tongbao. It was difficult for these veterans to buy things in the street market, so they had to make money. The reason for the money was not that they did not pay the money, but that they had nowhere to pay the money.

Due to their livelihood, they had to raise an appeal to the inspector Zhang Wenxi, the inspector, for the reason that copper coins were not easy to carry, they would give the money back and send the reduced military pay back, otherwise they would not be able to live.

Zhang Wenxi had no choice but to find Wu Shanyan, the chief censor, but Lord Wu was very powerful and threatened the military: "The salary reduction is decided, and those who do not want to join the army will go home to work farming."

He bombed the army and, in addition, Wu Shanyan, Lord Wu also sent a power to the court, demanding that the border troops be transferred to the Caohe River and into Zhejiang to suppress the mutiny.

The emperor pretended that he didn't hear it and tore the telegram.

Anyway, whether he or she is fighting or not will have little impact on the matter. The one who really cares about this matter is the court opinion, which has nothing to do with him, the emperor who drives steamboats in Tsinghua Park all day long.

The court still discussed it, and the second telegram was sent. This time it was not sent by the governor, but by the inspector censor Zhang Wenxi. He impeached the governor Wu Shanyan and was incompetent in the governance and was inappropriate in handling matters, so he asked for beating and humiliation.

Zhang Wenxi used the word "beating and humiliation" very spiritually and deeply attracted the emperor's heart. When Master Wanli read this telegram, he always had a fascinating smile on his face. Although he was very angry when the censor scolded him, he felt extremely comfortable when he saw the seventh-rank supervisor sarcastic sarcasm of the beheaded governor.

Zhang Wenxi said that you, the governor, did not do well and deserved to be beaten by a veteran, and he was asking for it himself.

Zhang Wenxi's telegram was sent at noon, and Shi You carefully reported Wu Shanyan to reduce military pay and threatened the officers and soldiers to pay.

Then he talked about how the second day after Wu Shanyan threatened the soldiers who were fighting for the rioters, how the soldiers guarding the city of the Second Battalion gathered together early in the morning under the leadership of the military leader Ma Wenying and Yang Tingyong, formulated regulations, issued a notice of peace and security, colluded with the soldiers guarding the gate, held the soldiers in armor, with swords on the sheath, and the bows and crossbows were not skewed. Ma Wenying and Yang Tingyong tied themselves up and took them to the streets.

First, he surrounded the governor's yamen, and then rushed into the governor's yamen. The soldiers caught Wu Shanyan, who had no time to escape, and beat him up. Finally, Zhang Wenxi and other officials rushed into the army. Zhang hand shouted and finally persuaded other censors to agree to give food for five months this year, and then sought grain merchants to borrow food for three months.

Zhang Wenxi took out two thousand yuan and gave it to the officers and soldiers, asking them to buy some wine and food first, so that the soldiers could be extinguished.

Then there was this impeachment.

This was what Emperor Wanli knew about, and later the matter was easy to resolve, so he didn't have to think about suppressing anything. The emperor personally issued an edict to dismiss Wu Shanyan from his post and returned to his hometown. Those who should be dismissed from his post should be dismissed, those who should be transferred were transferred, those who should be transferred were fined, and those who should be fined were sent to the former Minister of War and the Governor of Xuanfu Zhang Jiayin, governor of Zhejiang, to quell the military chaos.

Zhang Jiayin did not lead troops or guards. Not to mention the dispatch of troops, he did not listen to the advancing soldiers. He drove the carriage alone and headed to Zhejiang.

For no other reason, at this time the Ming Dynasty was fighting in the north, and military affairs in various places were still under change. Slight movement of troops would not only turn the trouble into a real mutiny, but also stimulate the government troops in other places.

The emperor was also very interested in this incident. He believed that this army was a good soldier. He specially pardoned two generals and the officers and soldiers who were in trouble. He also sent a telegram to them, gathering all those under 40 in the army and transferring them to Beijing.

Master Wanli's mind circuit is different from others, but it is different here. Others think that mutiny is to be suppressed; Wanli thinks that these people have started to ask for money and have not violated the people... Isn't this a good soldier? What is this?

Aren’t these people the dreams of in the Ming Dynasty?

They may stand opposite to the bureaucrats, but the largest landlord emperor in the world not only does not think that mutiny is against him, but also believes that the mutiny is his own people.

Who is our enemy and who is our friend?

Wanli was going to do the mediocre and corrupt officials, and the lower-class people and soldiers naturally stood with him.

However, Master Wanli did not know that during the mutiny, in addition to officials and the military, there were a large number of people in the noisy Hangzhou city who were happy.

When the government troops lined up through the streets and alleys, they gathered together and shouted to cheer for the government troops. When the government troops beat the governor Wu Shanyan, the people who would never make their own voices until they starved to death shouted loudly and accused the officials of their mistakes.

In this process, they absorbed the experience of mutiny, received the inspiration of mutiny, and prepared silently.

Until this day, the eunuch in the telegraph room of the Forbidden City trembled and sent a telegram from Hangzhou City to Emperor Wanli of Tsinghua Park.

The telegram used an expired secret text. The secret text reported to the emperor that the telegram room in Hangzhou was occupied by the thieves. The leader of the bandits was Ding Shiqing, a refugee in Shangyu, Zhejiang, and Han Jin gathered more than 2,000 people, and shouted to break the building gate, burned and robbed the town officials' houses and looted them, and asked to send troops to suppress them immediately.
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