The Prosperous Era of Longwan

As someone discovered that someone had climbed over the wall in the backyard, the courtyard of the Household Office of the primary school was quickly surrounded by Zhenwu Camp soldiers. Only because the south courtyard wall was connected to other houses, the Zhenwu Camp soldiers did not break in, and the Zhenwu Camp soldiers were completely surrounded. The Ministry of Household Affairs Office was surrounded.

Taking the note given by Huang Maoguan, several petty officials escaped from Zhenwu Camp's pursuers and hurried on to complete their tasks.

Not long after, Wei Guogong Xu Pengju, who had received the news, met in the garrison hall with the household official who had escaped to deliver the message.

"What's going on over there now?"

Wei Guangde glanced at the note in his hand and then asked.

There was actually no need to read the contents of the note, but it simply stated that the soldiers of Zhenwu camp were lawless and openly besieging the government, and that the garrison department was required to send troops quickly to suppress the rebellion.

"Sir, the rebels have surrounded the government office and have not yet invaded. Please send reinforcements as soon as possible."

The little official knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"They didn't attack the Yamen?"

Xu Pengju breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the soldiers from Zhenwu Camp did not attack the Ministry of Household Office.

What his people saw was that the rebels were surrounding the place, but they did not blend into the crowd to see what was going on. So now that they heard that the rebels seemed to have discipline and did not rush in, it meant that there was still a chance for the situation to ease.

If the soldiers ask for pay, just give it to them, not to mention that the military pay should be given to them in the first place.

After getting the affirmative answer, Xu Pengju's mind came to life.

Since the soldiers knew what was good and what was wrong and knew not to rush into the superior officials, it seemed that they were just surrounding them to frighten the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs into paying them the arrears of military pay.

"Let me get ready and we'll go to the small school field."

Xu Pengju ordered the people around him.

On the note, Huang Maoguan summoned them, the prosecutors in Nanjing, and Xu Pengju had no intention of going at first.

A gentleman does not build walls, he is also literate.

Just hearing that the soldiers were just making noise around the office made Xu Pengju emboldened for some reason.

In fact, so far, Xu Pengju has not issued any combat orders to other capital camps in Nanjing, but only asked them to assemble the troops on hand and stand by.

Before the soldiers of Zhenwu Camp broke out of the small school grounds and ran to Nanjing city to cause trouble, he was not ready to issue an order to suppress them.

In fact, at this time, he was sending people to each battalion to find out how many soldiers could be dispatched.

Now, he plans to go there to see the situation in person, and maybe he can resolve this military disaster.

At the same time, in the guarding eunuch's house, the guarding eunuch He Shou was doing the same thing as Xu Pengju, but he had no intention of going to the scene, so he ignored Huang Maoguan's request.

He is a guard eunuch, not a guard eunuch from the Ministry of Household Affairs. The military pay he owes will be paid, so there is nothing to fuss about.

As for the Nanjing Ministry of War, Shangshu Zhang Hao had a sullen face. After understanding the entire cause and effect of the incident, he also made a similar decision to Xu Pengju.

Although it was caused by the Ministry of Revenue's arrears in paying soldiers, as Minister of the Ministry of War, he could not stay out of the matter.

But before setting off, Zhang Hao sent someone to notify Li Sui, the Minister of War, and asked him to go to Xiaoxiaochang to see the situation. If necessary, he would also need ministers like him who had led troops to fight to suppress the rebels.

Li Sui was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Jiajing. When he was a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, he took advantage of the establishment of the East Palace and granted amnesty to the world in accordance with the routine. Without the support of Nie Xian, the Minister of Punishment, Li Sui contacted his colleague Lu Hui to request Wang Tingxiang, the censor of the capital. Officials offended by the "Great Rites" will be included in the amnesty order.

At this time, Emperor Jiajing had just defeated his opponents and secured his throne, so he naturally rejected their requests.

Although it was not successful, it was praised by many people.

When Li Sui was transferred to the Ministry of Rites, he had an enmity with Xia Yan, the Minister of Rites at that time. Xia Yan even ordered his officials to impeach Li Sui, arrest him, send him to prison, and demote him to Tongzhi of Huzhou.

From then on, Li Sui completely left the court and was sent to other places. He later moved to the prefecture of Quzhou three times and was promoted to Su and Songbing as deputy envoys.

In April of the 38th year of the Jiajing reign, Japanese pirates invaded Haimen on hundreds of ships. Li Sui commanded General Tang Shunzhi, deputy commander-in-chief Liu Xian, deputy envoy Liu Jingshao, guerrilla Qiu Sheng and others to defend against the enemy. They defeated the Japanese pirates and pursued them victoriously, occupying their territory. Lair, pursued to Xiazi Port, annihilated all remaining Japanese pirates, and leveled the Japanese pirates in Jiangbei.

Emperor Jiajing was overjoyed with these military exploits, and Li Sui was promoted to Minister of War in Nanjing.

Zhang Hao felt that to deal with these rebels, ministers like Li Sui who had been on the battlefield were still needed to subdue them.

The admiral, Linhuai Marquis Li Tingzhu, was also extremely confused at this time. After receiving the call from Huang Maoguan, he did not make an immediate decision. Instead, he sent someone to inquire about other people's things. If someone went to Xiaoxiaochang, he would go there and have a look. Condition.

The main officials of Nanjing City made different decisions. Xu Pengju and Zhang Hao rushed to the Xiaoxiaochang one after another.

As for the Nanjing garrison and the Minister of War, although the Zhenwu camp soldiers were in a state of excitement at the moment, they still knew what was going on. After the two people's sedans arrived, they moved out of the way and walked through the crowd under the vigilant eyes of the guards. Office of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

You know, the group of soldiers around you are all standing there fully armed. After all, today is a review. These people are not bare-handed. They are not only wearing Ming army standard masks, but also equipped with swords, guns, arrows and crossbows.

After all, they are men and horses affiliated with the Nanjing Jingying camp, and their equipment is much better than that of the local guard station.

In fact, when things have developed to this point, many thoughtful soldiers are also thinking about how to end it.

There was a bit of commotion today, but none of the generals from Zhenwu Camp showed up, which explains the problem.

His immediate superiors didn't think it was wrong for them to argue about their pay. Thinking about it, it was true that their military pay was withheld and they themselves couldn't get the share of military pay that was supposed to belong to them. It was strange that they didn't complain.

Although there was no general taking the lead, more than a dozen people with higher prestige among the soldiers still stood together to discuss how to solve the problem.

After knowing that the sedan chairs of Nanjing garrison Wei Guogong Xu Pengju and Nanjing Ministry of War Shangshu Zhang Hao had arrived, they naturally would not embarrass them, as they were both Shangguan.

However, when the two sedans stopped outside the gate of the Ministry of Household Affairs Office, these people also walked up quickly. They wanted to put forward the conditions that they had to meet after discussing with Xu Pengju and Zhang Hao.

Xu Pengju and Zhang Hao were standing in front of the office door with calm expressions on their faces. The door was still tightly closed with no intention of opening it.

"The arrears of military pay should have been paid in the first place. I will coordinate this matter with the Ministry of Accounts. However, your request to repay the pay that was withheld last year is really not a trivial matter. I must understand the situation clearly before I can reply to you."

After Zhang Hao frowned and listened to the conditions proposed by the leading soldier, he hesitated for a moment before answering.

"As your superior officer, I now ask you to take these people and go back to the military camp to wait for news. What does it look like to be so noisy?"

Later, Zhang Hao said angrily to those people.

After listening to Zhang Hao's words, the expressions of the dozen or so leading soldiers changed slightly, half of them were frightened. After all, these people were the ones they needed to look up to on weekdays.

The other half, on the other hand, were angry. They didn't expect that they had reached this point, and these officials still planned to deal with them in this way.

When the military pay was withheld last year, the people in the Ministry of Revenue said this. They would take the military pay like this first, and they would go back and report the soldiers' opinions to their superiors. They couldn't make the decision. As a result, no one paid attention to them until now.

"Go call the door."

After speaking to the soldiers, Zhang Hao ordered his guards to knock on the door of the Ministry of Household Affairs Office. Xu Pengju and Zhang Hao walked into the courtyard with their guards one after the other.

Just when everyone had entered and the doorman at the Ministry of Revenue was about to close the door, the dozen or so leading soldiers looked at each other, and they all saw the fierceness in each other's eyes.

To be able to become the leaders of these people, these ten or so people are naturally not just ordinary people. They are all masters of fighting in the military camp, and they are also ruthless people. Only in this way can they be feared by other soldiers, who usually regard them as the boss.

Zhang Hao's attitude just now was obviously to deal with them. He probably let them go in to discuss, but the result would be to tell them to go back and wait for payment.

Now that the matter has reached this point, even if military pay is paid, how will they be treated in the future?

They cannot be allowed to discuss behind closed doors, they must go in and listen.

Almost instantly, these dozen people moved. They rushed forward before the concierge could close the door, and worked together to force the door open.

The soldiers at the back didn't understand their intentions at first, and they didn't react until someone shouted loudly. Those who were close quickly rushed up and forced open the door of the Ministry of Household Affairs Office.

The movement behind him was a bit loud. After all, after the door was blocked by the other party and could not be closed, the concierge tried his best to hold it back while calling the people from the household department next to him to come over and help. No one from outside could be forced to break in.

During the summoning process, Xu Pengju and Zhang Hao, who had just entered the door and were about to discuss how to deal with the aftermath with Huang Maoguan, were naturally alarmed. However, although the guards around them were not far from the door, their duty was only to protect the master's family, so they were fierce at the door. When pushing, these guards did not rush over to help close the door, but quickly formed a circle to protect their respective owners.

When the door was forcibly pushed open by the soldiers outside, Xu Pengju and Zhang Hao instantly felt their scalps go numb when they saw these soldiers with weapons in their hands rushing in. Xu Pengju already regretted coming to the scene in person, and his intestines were filled with regret.

Although Xu Pengju, after claiming to be a general, usually lamented that no one in the world was worthy of being his opponent, at this moment, such thoughts had already flown to Java.

Wei Guangde received a notification from the family members of the Duke of Wei, and when he found out that Zhenwu Ying had really caused trouble during today's primary school review, he mentally cursed those idiots in the Ministry of Revenue.

If you want to withhold money, just withhold it. Why are you holding back the salary that should be paid? Can you still hold it off?

They are all the breadwinners of their families. If they don't get paid, they are not afraid of starving the people in Beijing. At that time, they are only afraid that things will become even bigger.

It's okay now, as long as no one is killed, it's just a matter of surrounding the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Affairs Office, having a good talk with the soldiers, and repaying the military pay.

Wei Guangde quickly asked someone to pack his things and quickly went to the Wei Guogong Mansion. After all, the walls there were high and there were government guards for protection, so the security was much better than in his own yard.

When Wei Guangde arrived at the Duke of Wei's Mansion, his uncle Xu Bangrui received him. At this time, the Duke of Wei Xu Pengju had already gone to the garrison mansion not far away, where he was on guard duty in Nanjing.

We found a flower hall to warm up by the fire and drink tea, waiting for news that the situation would subside.

But not long after, news came from outside that the sedan chair held by Wei Guogong Xu Peng was heading to the small school ground.

Wei Guangde and Xu Bangrui looked at each other with surprise in their eyes. They really never thought that Xu Pengju would dare to go there at this time.

"Ask someone to inquire about the news over there."

After a long time, Wei Guangde suggested to Xu Bangrui that it would be best if nothing happened, but if there were any emergencies, only if we knew about it in advance could we respond in time.

Xu Bangrui nodded slightly. Wei Guangde understood without saying anything that his father's trip was a bit dangerous. They were rebels.

Several servants were arranged to observe the situation there and report news on the small school field at any time.

However, not long after the men were sent out, news came from outside that Wei Guogong and Zhang Hao, Minister of the Ministry of War, met outside the primary school, and the two went there together.

Not long after, another news came that their sedan had passed through the crowd of rioters and was about to enter the Ministry of Household Office.

"Guangde, you have led troops before, so this should be fine."

After hearing that the rebels did not trouble Wei Duke Xu Pengju and the Minister of War Zhang Hao, Xu Bangrui asked Wei Guangde.

"They just surrounded the Yamen. They probably didn't intend to use force. Otherwise, that door would have been torn down long ago."

Wei Guangde shook his head and said with a smile, "Now that Master Taishan's sedan chair has entered the office, I think this time the military chaos can be quelled overnight."

"It's a good thing. I'll ask someone to prepare a table with delicious food, and bring some good wine over. Let's have a good meal here."

Xu Bangrui smiled and immediately ordered his entourage to go down and prepare.

As soon as the entourage here went out to prepare, the servant who had been sent out to monitor the small school grounds rushed into the room.

"Sir, it's not good. Those rebels rushed into the Ministry of Household Affairs Office. I don't know what's going on with the master inside. It's very chaotic right now, and we don't dare to get close."

After entering the door, the servant hurriedly shouted and told the news about the small school field.

"What? Wasn't it fine before?"

Wei Guangde actually had a bad premonition when he saw the servant rushing into the house without discipline. When he heard the first half of the servant's words, he stood up in surprise and asked loudly.

"At first, the group of soldiers behaved in a well-behaved manner, but then it seemed that after the master and the others entered the office, chaos suddenly broke out over there. The soldiers began to rush into the office, as if they had rushed in."

The servant hurriedly reported.

"Could it be that they took advantage of my father and Mr. Zhang's opportunity to open the door?"

Xu Bangrui also asked in surprise at this time.

"It's a broken door. It's easy to break open."

Although Wei Guangde didn't know what the Ministry of Household Office looked like, he couldn't say how strong the gate of the Yamen was.

It's a small school ground there, and there are a lot of military resources in reserve. Dealing with the gate is difficult or simple. If you hit the wood and knock it down, the wooden door should be dismantled in a dozen times. What's more, there is no ladder in the yard. , you can break in casually, you still need to deceive the Duke of Wei and the Minister of War to earn money to open the door, what a joke.

"Assemble the servants and the three guards. Stop guarding the yamen and go to the small school field to save people."

At this moment, Wei Guangde said categorically to Xu Bangrui.