Chapter 190: Robbing Your Money, Robbing Your Food
Li Wei, who had just come over with Tian, heard the second half of Wei Liangchen's words, and was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse.
If you don't obey, you can't be killed?
Li Yongzhen also had a sudden feeling in his heart, this gate is a chaotic army, give such an order, don't force them to rebel.
This little case, confused!
The door is closed, which shows that the rebel army is weak-hearted, and attaches great importance to the arrival of the angel, and the wise move at this moment is to appease the army and appease the army in the name of the Son of Heaven, so as to be stable. Instead of immediately opening the prison and returning to the army, let alone issuing strict orders in a strong tone, this move will certainly be difficult for the bottomless rebel army to accept.
After all, they didn't know what the imperial court thought of their incident and how it would deal with them. If someone with a heart takes advantage of the sergeant's suspicion to stir up again, chaos is bound to arise again.
Li Yongzhen complained bitterly in her heart, but she couldn't come forward to admonish in front of everyone's eyes.
Sure enough, after listening to what Wei Liangchen said, the surrounding sergeants suddenly buzzed, and the officers behind Li Shouyang also changed color, and several people talked to each other in a low voice.
Many sergeants looked at Wei Liangchen's gaze immediately, and they were already indignant and resentful.
Li Shouyang also changed color, but he didn't say anything, but stared at Wei Liangchen tightly, his expression quite hesitant.
Wei Liangchen is a person with experience in this area, of course he will not be tough, I saw him wave his hand again, and said to Li Xuyang and the other officers: "After the ban is opened, General Li and the officials in charge can come to see me, Your Majesty wants to know why you are making trouble." If there is a last resort, I will take your Majesty's behalf, and Your Majesty will make decisions for you. But if there is no reason, you will have to bind yourself and wait for your majesty to punish you. ”
Liangchen said very bluntly, there was no hypocrisy, let alone any circle, he wanted to make sure that Li Huoyang and others knew his intentions.
"This..."
Li Shouyang's brows furrowed, and his subordinates around him also hesitated. At this time, a person quietly came and whispered a few words to Li Shouyang, and after hearing this, the latter nodded, and said to Wei Liangchen: "Since the angel spoke, the last general will obey the order." ”
And when he had finished speaking, he commanded the heralds to all the places, that the soldiers should return to the camp and not gather at the head of the city.
At this time, more than 2,000 soldiers had gathered in the city, and when they heard the news, they all returned to the barracks, but they scattered in a hurry, and they all returned.
On the one hand, Wei Liangchen was shocked by the prestige of Li Huoyang and other generals in the eyes of the sergeants; On the other hand, he secretly sighed that the Shanguan Guard garrison was the elite of the Liao army, and the imperial court was heavy and enslaved, and it allocated countless salaries every year.
It is a good thing for the generals to say that it is chaotic and chaotic, but it is not a good thing for the imperial court.
Liangchen can't think about it too much, it seems that if this state continues, it will be difficult to avoid the emergence of military leaders and family members.
Seeing that the person in charge of the rebellious army actually agreed to what Wei Liangchen said, Li Yongzhen's three people's hearts fell to the ground again, and they followed Wei Liangchen into the pass with anxiety.
Li Huoyang and others welcomed Wei Liangchen to Jingbian Tower, and when Liangchen arrived, there were already dozens of officers waiting in the building, including several people wearing civilian official clothes. The first person wears a scarlet official uniform and embroiders a crane on his chest, and he is Wang Bangcai, who participated in politics from Sanpinshan Customs.
Participating in politics is an adjutant under the political envoys of each province, who guards each province and is in charge of grain storage, tuntian, military affairs, post transmission, and name care.
Shanhaiguan is an important military town, and there should not be a civil official, but because Shanhaiguan is also an important business road, many people live before and after the customs, so the governor of Jiliao is specially set up here to participate in politics and manage civil affairs.
In terms of authority, Wang Bangcai is directly responsible to the Yamen, the governor of Jiliao, while Li Shouyang, the former general of the Tunwei, is responsible to the Liaodong Metropolitan Division.
The governor of Jiliao is Wang Xiangqian, and the commander of Liaodong is Li Chengliang, who has the title of Fu Tai.
Gao Huai once said that Wang Bangcai and Li Shouyang were the masterminds of this Guan mutiny, and threatened to lead troops to eat his flesh.
Now, the appearance of these two people has verified what Gao Huai said, and made Liangchen more sure that there are shadows of Wang Xiangqian, the governor of Jiliao, and Li Dashuai, Liaodong.
Even, this matter is likely to be done by these two governors and marshals together.
If there is no strong person to give orders and commands behind, it is impossible to make the garrison all rebel, involving more than 10,000 people, and the scope will affect Shanhaiwei, Songshan, Jinzhou and other castles.
Wang Bangcai was born as a Jinshi, and in the fifteenth year of Wanli, he was a second-class Jinshi, and now he is a member of the third grade. This person is nearly fifty years old, and his beard is very long and flowing, not messy at all, and it can be seen that this political suffragette is very concerned about his beard and often trims it.
Wei Liangchen was a person sent by the emperor, no matter what his identity, he was an angel, so he was invited to the main seat in the building. After he sat down, Wang Bangcai and Li Xuyang glanced at each other, took two steps forward, and said: "Xiaguan has been waiting for the angel for a long time, and now I am filing a complaint, hoping that the angel will present it on behalf of His Majesty, so that our grievances will be washed away!" ”
Wang Bangcai was holding a long complaint in his hand, and Liangchen was about to get up to pick it up, but Li Yongzhen rushed forward to take the complaint from Wang Bangcai, and then respectfully forwarded it to Wei Liangchen.
Liangchen nodded slightly, did not speak, but opened the complaint and read it.
Li Yongzhen was silent and stepped aside.
After opening the complaint, Liangchen found that it was full of words, and the entire pleadings were more than a meter long. And the whole text is an accusation against Gao Huai.
According to the complaint, Gao Huai came to Liaodong as a mine supervisor and tax envoy, and Liaodong was restless, and Gao Huai and his subordinates were not spared. Even the deep mountains and poor valleys are inch-inch, and the earth is full of land, and the trap is opened step by step. The poor countryside is also a must for chicken intestines, mulberry and hemp must be collected, and merchants, sitting, and residents are not exempt from a vegetable and a vegetable. more than thieves.
It is also said that Gao Huai and his subordinates used all the means to collect money, Qiantun, Ningyuan, Guangning, Haizhou, Gaizhou, Qinghe, Shenyang, Liaoyang and other castles, all the tax soldiers arrived, and the villages were all harassed. In Guangning alone, Gao Huai's subordinate Zhang Hu and others extorted more than ten people, including businessman Yu Youqing, with silver ranging from 350 taels, 670 taels, and more than 300 taels of silver, to a total of 3,000 or 4,000 gold, in addition to saddle bridles, ginseng, mink, silver plates, gold plates, horses, etc. According to rough estimates, in the past ten years, Liaodong has been looted for no less than 100,000 gold.
Finally, it is even pointed out that Gao Huai privately withheld military salaries, deducting 6,000 taels from each guard of the 25 guards of the Liao army, and 150,000 taels per army, causing the Liao army to wear rotten armor and have no soldiers, or even sell clothes and mattresses, and beg for food naked.
"Angels can know, I have a folk song in Liaodong that says that Da Jue goes out on patrol, like a tiger catching people, there is no way to go to the sky, and there is no way to drill the ground! … Now that I close the door, the military and the people can no longer bear Gao Huai's exploitation, so I have to bring armor to make a noise, and I also ask the angel to play Your Majesty, and the grievances of the army and the people here will not be quelled if they are not Gao Huai's head! Wang Bangcai gritted his teeth and made a loud noise.
Li Yongzhen's eyebrows jumped, is this political master going to threaten the emperor?
"Yes, if you don't kill Gao Huai, we will not be human!"
"Gao Huai is not dead, the army and the people are uncertain!"
“…….”
Li Shouyang and other generals of the Liao army also complained one after another, saying that they would strip Gao Huai alive, and for a while, there was a lot of scolding in Jingping Tower.
Liangchen closed the complaint, glanced around at the Liao army civil and military who were angry and scolding, and finally his eyes fell on the face of the king who participated in politics, and suddenly laughed, and said: "I don't understand it this way, because after Gonggong Gao arrived in Liaodong, he robbed you of your money and your grain, so you all together want to expel him?" ”