Chapter 271. The usefulness of eunuchs

Mao Jue really talked and counted, early the next morning, the eight regiments near Tieyi were all assembled by him and gathered in the campus of Tieshan City, but compared with the previous military appearance, the Dongjiang Army has become a flower-clothed army, dressed in a mess or something.

But even so, Mao Jue, who was watching it, was quite dissatisfied, and muttered to Su Fat Man in a whisper of scolding at the bottom.

"Don't you tell you, let the soldiers prepare the most torn clothes and dress like a flower child, so that they can bargain with the court?"

"If you go back to the general, these are the most torn clothes, and if they are broken, they will all be taken away and sold!"

It's a sin to be rich! Crying with a sad face, Su Changmei replied helplessly.

This year is not like the later generations, the clothes are worn out and thrown away, the cloth can even be used in the common currency, a family can not afford to buy a new dress for several years, often a piece of clothing to the eldest to wear the small to the second, the second to the third to wear the small, all the way to the young, and even to the next generation, but this truth is not effective for the Dongjiang Army Mao Jue.

After three or four years as a soldier, several large and small battles, the first class was rewarded with silver and military salary, and the worst was worth a hundred taels of silver, and four sets of clothes were issued in the army throughout the year. A little old clothes, just throw them at the pawnshop, and replace them with new ones when they are broken.

"Convey the order to the general to the logistics, every soldier has to prepare a clothes called Huazi for Lao Tzu at home, and if you use it next time, you will be fined for three months!"

"The last general obeys!"

Below, Mao Jue muttered quietly there, above, this eunuch Cao appeared with joy, holding the holy decree, he was like the eldest lady in the Dragon Gate Inn fake Cao Huaqing, a spark with lightning, pretending to be forced to ascend the platform, and the holy decree was unfolded.

"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister......... Only the Ming vassal country Fusang was in trouble, there were traitorous ministers in the rebellion, and Yu Da, the governor of Denglai Road, was specially appointed to become the governor of Denglai Road, the prime minister of Denglai Town, the imperial horse supervisor and eunuch Cao Xi supervised the army, and the commander of the six divisions, and the traitors and rebels, and sent troops on the same day, Qin this!"

A large number of obscure Chinese written by literati were read by this dead eunuch like an old lady's footcloth, smelly and long, and it took half an hour to read, and it was the last sentence before it got to the point, and the soldiers who listened to it yawned one by one, but Cao Xi himself was intoxicated, and let him do it!

In these years, the Ming Dynasty is still a god-like existence in the hearts of these small people, even if the soldiers are generals, but the holy decree is read aloud in front of the whole army, and there is no army that will resist the decree and disobey it, if the army will be disobedient, it will also greatly lose his prestige, so this Cao Xi is afraid that Mao Jue will not let him see the Dongjiang Army, once the holy decree is issued, the matter of sending troops is basically three fingers to pinch the snails, and nine out of ten are stable.

Besides, there is still money to be paid this time! Slapped, the dead eunuch shouted again.

"Come on, pay the army!"

A mouthful of big boxes opened, and the accompanying Jinyi guards also came with the big city of Beijing, looking down on the hillbilly-like attitude, and opened the roster at the bottom, singing and shouting.

"Zhao Tiehan!"

Not to mention, this salary is an unprecedented conscience, and now it is the first time in Chongzhen's seven years that such a large denomination is deducted, deducting three taels of silver!

Not to mention, this Zhao Tiehan is really into the play, he is the most worn-out, his butt shows a hole in his eye, and his expression is also in place to the extreme, full of joy and running on the stage, taking the silver, and then, the surprise is too much into disappointment, and the disappointment is too much into anger, and the complex expression is as nervous as possible by this product, if in the future, he can enter Hollywood.

"Why are you only three or two? I haven't paid my military salary for a year this year, so I'm going to send troops to fight, so I have to have twelve taels, right? ”

"Hey, the emperor's grace is vast, let you send troops desperately to look at you, you should not give you silver, it's good to give you three taels, what the hell are you doing, don't thank you and get out!"

Full of arrogance, the roll call brocade guard scolded disdainfully, waving his hand like catching flies, and then, Zhao Tiehan's acting skills made Mao Jue even more admired, as if he was shocked to the extreme, holding the silver high, the goods turned around and shouted loudly.

"It's just three taels of silver! My Lao Zhao's life is worth three taels of silver! ”

It had already been mentioned, but many of them were sincere, and a large group of soldiers followed and shouted chaotically.

"It's only three taels of silver! As a big family, if Lao Tzu dies, how can we live with three taels of silver? ”

"If you don't say that you will go out to pay a year's military salary, how can you only pay three taels of silver!"

"The country of Wa is thousands of miles away, and you have to cross the sea, and you will die for a lifetime! Only gave three taels of silver, the court is so mean? Do you want us to die? ”

In a short period of time, five or six thousand people were already boiling over, and looking at the mutiny in front of them, these brocade guards realized that it was not good, and anxiously pulled out their knives and pointed at Zhao Tiehan's nose and scolded.

"Poor man, shut up! If you dare to bewitch the crowd again, I will cut you!"

It's a pity that it's already too late, and the Dongjiang pro-army that roared and rushed up had already swarmed up, easily knocked a few brocade guards to the ground, snatched the knife, and slapped them on the ground. Also pose in front of the general! His grandmother has a leg, looking for a fight!

even grabbed the silver in the box, and a group of Dongjiang bigwigs crackled and smashed on the platform.

Holding the holy decree, Cao Xi was dumbfounded, how could there be a mutiny in this silver? Everything is planned, why don't you Dongjiang play cards according to the routine? Just when he was stunned, Leng Buding smashed a silver ingot straight into his head, and with a bang, he fell off the platform from the point of point.

"Oops! Father-in-law!"

"Cover up my father-in-law! Retreat!"

In the chaotic shouting, the few brocade guards who survived behind grabbed a few shields, protecting this Cao Xi and turned around as if he was fleeing.

…………

Iron Mountain Inn!

"Oops~Oops~"

There was a big bag on the door of his head, covering a towel, this dead eunuch was like a plague chicken, and he couldn't stop smoking the cold wind in his mouth, he was okay, and the other few brocade guards with silver hair were beaten into pigs' heads, and their lips were swollen into sausages, and they were humming and chirping.

"More! Mustard belly can mustard forget it! The elder wants to avenge them! (Father-in-law!) This can't be done like that! You're going to avenge us! )”

The eunuch was the most cautious, and after this moment, he had the heart to go crazy, and reminded him with a few brocade guards, looking out of the door with grinning teeth, this Cao Xi scolded loudly and resentfully.

"These shitty mud legs, man, I'm ...... Oops......"

As soon as he tried hard, the swollen bag on his head hurt again, and the dead eunuch grinned in pain.

A rush of footsteps came from outside the kung fu door, and seeing Mao Jue showing his head, the eunuch's anger finally broke out completely, and his voice was as sharp as Pavarotti, and he roared angrily.

"Mao Jue, what kind of soldiers and horses are you bringing? Defying the holy decree and attacking the Qincha, our family will go to the court and dismiss your father and son for investigation!"

"Oh? Does Gonggong Cao really want to be like this? Good! Come on, show the fold!"

Wen Bo went to Dongjiang University to be an old professor, and now the Mao family has taken over the housekeeper has become his son, a middle-aged man who has been ordered by his ear for more than 30 years, and is so stable that he can no longer be stable, this is also like the transfer of power of the Mao family, one generation serves the next, and under Mao Jue's order, a yellow book was presented to Cao Xi.

This is also too cooperative, and Cao Xi, who cooperated, was stunned, and then asked fiercely.

"Mao Jue, what do you mean?"

"Back to my father-in-law, Dongjiang owes five or six years, in order to stabilize these big-headed soldiers, Father-in-law Liu, who came to give a pension last time, promised to transfer troops to the court next time and pay a year's military salary, but when Father-in-law came, he gave three taels."

With a bitter look, Mao Jue shrugged his shoulders lightly and said regretfully.

"Father-in-law! The Dongjiang River is no better than Liaodong, there are all kinds of bastards here! The Hu people outside the Guan, the big thieves of the Goryeo Jiangyang, the fugitive slaves on the other side of the Houjin, they are mothers who have milk, these guys have just shouted, and if they can't see the silver in three days, they will invest in the Houjin!"

"Father-in-law, my father and son can't hold it down, you always want to impeach, it just so happens that there is not a Jinyi Wei brother here, you are always merciful, press my father and son away!"

The court of the Ming Dynasty restricts the local military generals, relying on the military salary, and the local military generals rebelling against the imperial court, relying on the mutiny, a sentence that chills the soldiers, even if it is the local governor, the court members can be knocked to the ground, and the nose and face are swollen.

And the later the Chongzhen Dynasty, the more frequent the number of mutinies, and even the lack of pay, the Shaanxi general soldier He Renlong dared to throw the supervisor Wang Qiaonian back to Shaanxi, so that he was arrested by Li Zicheng.

At this time, although the Ming Dynasty has not yet reached that level, the Dongjiang River is unique, if Mao Jue's father and son are replaced, the Dongjiang River will collapse, so Mao Jue has the capital to use a mutiny to blackmail the imperial court.

This Cao Xi really had to be coerced by him, and his hand holding the fold was soft, and the yellow book fell to the ground with a click, if Mao Jue was really forced to rebel by him, either Mao Jue would kill him here, go back to Jingshi to meet his relatives and family, and let the "god brothers" like hungry wolves go bankrupt, or go back to Beijing and quarrel and behead on the charge of forcing the town to rebel, don't look at the eunuch scenery, after all, he is the emperor's slave, Chongzhen has to think about killing the minister, but he doesn't have to think about killing the slave, and even because he broke Cao Huachun's big thing, There is not even a person to intercede for him.

Either it is not advisable to pretend to be forced, how good it would be to keep a low profile as soon as possible! I can't care about face here, Cao Xi stumbled out of bed, and directly grabbed Mao Jue's thigh.

"General Mao, Marshal Mao! Dongjiang Town can't be messy! I have no eyes, slave, don't be like me, a half-crippled person, be merciful! ”

"Father-in-law Cao, it's not that I want to mess up, I still want to have a peaceful birthday! But this military salary is not paid, and the court has to transfer troops! You say!"

pulled Cao Xi up, and Mao Jue was also sad to spread his hands.

"The problem is still with you, within three days, as soon as the military salary arrives, the last general will immediately send troops without saying anything! Those bunnies, if you want to slaughter that, the last general will slaughter that one for you!"

Mao Jue's method is a complete fart, the 80,000 taels of silver are still squeezed out by the three forces of the Beijing Division, and half of it is sponsored by Mao Jue's father-in-law Yu Dacheng, even if he pays out of his own pocket, now that others are in the Dongjiang River, where can he raise money?

"General Xiao Mao, please, think of a way! In three days, even if our family asks for money, it will not be too late to transport it to Dongjiang! ”

What Grandpa Mao said is really right, all enemies are springs, if you are strong, it will be weak, and if you are weak, it will be strong! Although this time it can be regarded as offending this Cao Xi to death, Mao Jue doesn't care, now the Dongjiang River is becoming more and more stable, and if the war of the Japanese Kingdom is fought this year and next, he will have a way back, so he dares to fight for all the resources he can fight for at present, regardless of the consequences.

"That's it!"

Looking at the dead eunuch who looked pitiful, pinching his chin, Mao Jue pretended to be for a while, and finally shook his head helplessly.

"Then there is only one way, for my father-in-law, it should be trivial!"

(End of chapter)