Chapter 828: Lobbyist
Jiming Mountain, there is a relatively famous silver mine here, and the miners reached thousands of people at the peak of the silver mine. Due to its remote location and steep mountains, miners have been entrenched here for a long time.
A few days ago, the government suddenly made a big move, wanting to seal up the silver mine in Jiming Mountain, and listed the Wuli area of Jiming Mountain as a forbidden area, which caused the miners headed by Li Yayuan to choose to build a village to rebel, and evolved from miners to bandits.
As soon as the anti-flag was raised, the miners from several nearby silver mines responded and came to join Li Yayuan. In just a few days, a rebel gang of several thousand people was formed in the Jimingshan Silver Mine.
Although Li Yayuan did not dare to call himself Emperor Jianyuan, he had the intention of establishing a village as the king, and he had a strong desire to compete for hegemony in the mixed world. In particular, Zhang Lian of Guangdong has raised the anti-flag, maybe the Ming Dynasty has entered the era of hegemony from then on, and he can't be the emperor, so he has the opportunity to be a prince.
However, food has always been the primary problem to be solved in rebellions, especially when thousands of people have gathered here at once. The stomachs of these thousands of people must be solved in a way, otherwise there will be no need for officers and soldiers to clean them up after a while, and everyone will have already dispersed.
Li Yayuan chose Liujia Village in the south of Changning County, where there were two people in Liujia Village, and these two families owned hundreds of acres of Shangtian. According to reliable sources, the grain stored by these two families is piled up in their own mansions, which is undoubtedly a big fat sheep.
As long as they can seize the granaries of these two families and transport the grain back to the stockade, it will undoubtedly solve their most urgent food problem at present.
Li Yayuan summoned all the leaders to discuss how to eat Liujia Village, but someone came in a hurry, saying that a large number of officers and soldiers had appeared at the foot of Jiming Mountain and guarded the various mountain passes of Jiming Mountain.
Faced with a large number of officers and soldiers coming to suppress him, Li Yayuan was not too nervous. After all, Jiming Mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and he has beaten the officers and soldiers to the ground before, and this time will naturally be no exception.
A group of officers and soldiers who appeared to be well-trained assembled at the foot of Jiming Mountain, but they besieged but did not attack, and sent a small team of officers and soldiers to escort two people to the front of the walled gate.
"Invite them up!"
Historically, the two sides are at war, and it is very common for one or two lobbyists to come. After these two people reported their names, they quickly entered the cottage and came to the conference hall that had just been built.
Li Yayuan was only in his thirties, tall and burly, with thick eyebrows and big eyebrows, and an obvious scar on the left side of his face.
The two people who walked in from outside the door were Huang Dafu and Liang Yi, the two famous private salt leaders in Guangdong, who were able to deal with the aggressive Li Yayuan indifferently.
The name of a man, the shadow of a tree.
Huang Dafu and Liang Yi are undoubtedly well-known figures in Guangdong, and Liang Yi is the richest man in Huizhou Prefecture. No one expected that the lobbyists of the government would be these two big shots.
With the appearance of these two people, it immediately caused a small commotion in the venue, but a leader who was familiar with Liang Yi and Huang Dafu said: "Two gambling gods, how do you help the government?" ”
"We are not on an errand for the government, but here on behalf of Lord Lin!" Huang Dafu corrected seriously.
There were leaders from all walks of life sitting in this council hall, but one of the leaders asked suspiciously, "Which Lord Lin?" ”
"Lin Haoran, the prefect of Guangzhou and the deputy envoy of Guangdong Patrol Road, is now fully responsible for the mining affairs in Guangdong!" Huang Dafu said proudly.
As soon as this remark came out, there was immediately a lot of discussion. Lin Leigong's name is naturally like thunder, but he is in charge of the Guangdong mine, and these two people are coming on his behalf, so their intentions are also obvious.
Li Yayuan didn't care about ignoring these unruly subordinates, and immediately squinted his eyes and looked at the two big salt lords. Let him take the initiative to give up the current good situation, but it is absolutely impossible.
With just one look, someone questioned him for him: "Speaking of which, aren't you two doing things for a dog official?" ”
"! If it weren't for Lord Lin risking being dismissed by the imperial court and helping you people suppress the ban on silver, would you be able to get away with it today? You said that Lord Lin is a dog official, are you worthy of your conscience? Liang Yi snorted coldly, looking for tat.
This is not a big secret, the news of the miners' riots in Fujian and Jiangxi has already arrived, and the impeachment of Wang Bai and Lin Haoran, the new governor of Liangguang, is even more well-known.
For these rioting miners, they can hate the court, they can hate those dog officials, but they can't hate Lin Haoran. Although Lin Haoran did not help them resist, he also helped them buy some time as much as possible.
After hearing this, the more than ten leaders present were invisibly less hostile to Huang Dafu and Liang Yi, but more close.
Li Yayuan coughed lightly, and glanced at the henchman next to him, and the henchman immediately understood and said, "We didn't care what happened before, but now that Lord Lin still wants to exterminate our miners?" ”
"Lord Lin can help you carry it for a while, but now that the imperial court is financially tight, and he insists on recovering the silver mine and mining it by the officials, no one can stop this matter." Liang Yi pointed out the crux of it, and then changed his words and said: "With it following the court to carry out a hard bar, it is better to find another way to live, and it can be regarded as thinking about your families!" ”
"If there is another way, we will not fall into the grass, we are all forced by the government!" Daniel Zhang was originally a small mine owner of the Shiling Silver Mine, and this time he came to join Li Yayuan because he was forced into desperation by the government.
Li Yayuan suddenly chuckled in his heart, and secretly said that it was not good, but Huang Dafu, who had been silent, had already spoken: "There is a way to live, otherwise Liang Yi and I would not go through this for Lord Lin, but it depends on your appetite now?" ”
"What do you mean by that?" Daniel Zhang asked with interest.
"Shut up!"
But it was this voice, Li Yayuan, who had been silent, scolded with a gloomy face.
Huang Dafu was about to answer, but when he saw Li Yayuan glaring at him viciously, he spread his hands and said, "Master Li, if you don't want to hear it, then I won't say it!" However, it is not ordinary officers and soldiers under the mountain, but the elite of Huizhou Wei led by General Shi Shen! ”
"Owner of the village, let's listen to Boss Huang's life, right?" Daniel Zhang was slightly shocked in his heart, but he said something out of his mind.
"Shut up!" Li Yayuan was like an angry lion, his eyes glared at Daniel Zhang viciously and reprimanded.
Not to mention, whether this mountain is the elite of Huizhou Wei, even if it is the elite of Huizhou Wei, he is also confident that he will be able to fight smoothly, and he is seated in the position of the owner of the village.
Daniel Zhang's brows frowned slightly, but he knew Li Yayuan's murderous nature, but he chose to be silent.
"If Mine Master Li wants to fight the court to the end, then our two brothers have run away in vain, so let's leave first!" Liang Yi arched his hand towards Li Yayuan, intending to turn around and leave.
Li Yayuan snorted coldly and said, "What kind of place do you think this is, you two can come and leave whenever you want?" Come, take them down, take them hostage! ”
Huang Dafu and Liang Yi glanced at each other, but shook their heads helplessly, but Huang Dafu sighed with emotion: "Lord Lin has a heart of love for the people and has found a way for everyone to live, but you have to go to the guillotine!" ”